Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England [Pehme köide]

To show us More as other than saint or villain, [ Paul's] readable biography immerses us in More's busy, messy and changing world ... engrossing * The Times * Fans of The House of Dudley and , indeed , of Wolf Hall and A Man for All Seasons - will find much to enjoy in this immersive , richly told account of life , death , faith and politics at the early Tudor court * SPECTATOR * Wonderful, riveting, subtle. Captures beautifully the life of More and the fading world he died to preserve. Paul skilfully conveys the stakes, achieving balance between expertise and style * Wall Street Journal * Paul is brilliant at bringing the swirl of Catholic England to life: its candlelit rituals, Latin prayers and saints days, punctuated by tinkling royal processions -- Alice Hunt * THE TIMES * Significant. Goes further than most in seeking the essentials of the 'historical' More. Paul is terrific at evoking the sights and spaces of early 16th-century London, along with the forms and feel of clothing and objects. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, much to admire and enjoy * Literary Review * THE definitive biography of one of historys most complex and often inscrutable characters -- NATHEN AMIN, author of Son of Prophesy: The Rise of Henry Tudor Joanne Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader. In Pauls hands he is neither overly good nor bad; he just is. We are in a new age of tyrants Thomas More shows the necessity of speaking truth to power at all costs -- LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Womens Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens Forget [ ] Hilary Mantels caricatures. In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Very impressive -- ALISON WEIR A work of proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read...Joanne Paul goes back to the words More wrote himself, to try and get at More before fame and the accusations against him took hold. I so enjoyed the result -- SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB