Peter Ackroyds The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of thelife and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. ThomasMore 147... » 

Peter Ackroyds The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of thelife and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. ThomasMore 14781535 was a renowned statesman the author of a political fantasythat gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview Utopia and mostfamously a Catholic martyr and saint.Born into the professional classes Thomas More applied his formidableintellect and wellplaced connections to become the most powerful man inEngland second only to the king. As much a work of history as a biography TheLife of Thomas More gives an unmatched portrait of the everyday religious andintellectual life of the early sixteenth century. In Ackroyds hands thisrenowned man for all seasons emerges in the fullness of his complex humanitywe see the unexpected side of his charactersuch as his preference for bawdyhumoras well as his indisputable moral courage. «