Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England
Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England
Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England
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Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century
'Engrossing' THE TIMES 'In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man' DAILY TELEGRAPH '[A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court' SPECTATOR 'THE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters' NATHEN AMIN
__ Born into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Is he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of Utopia and an inspiration for statesmen, socialists and intellectuals even today? Or is he the stubborn zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall? Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England is the definitive biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning many received interpretations of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been an intellectual and political giant of his age, central to the making of modern Europe. Based on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade's research into More's life and work, this is a richly-told story of family, faith and politics, and a compelling portrait of a man who, more than four hundred years after his death, remains the most brilliant mind of the Renaissance.
__ MORE PRAISE FOR THOMAS MORE
'Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader' LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Women's Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens 'Very impressive' ALISON WEIR 'A proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read' SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB 'Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr' ELIZABETH NORTON
'Engrossing' THE TIMES 'In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man' DAILY TELEGRAPH '[A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court' SPECTATOR 'THE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters' NATHEN AMIN
__ Born into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Is he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of Utopia and an inspiration for statesmen, socialists and intellectuals even today? Or is he the stubborn zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall? Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England is the definitive biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning many received interpretations of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been an intellectual and political giant of his age, central to the making of modern Europe. Based on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade's research into More's life and work, this is a richly-told story of family, faith and politics, and a compelling portrait of a man who, more than four hundred years after his death, remains the most brilliant mind of the Renaissance.
__ MORE PRAISE FOR THOMAS MORE
'Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader' LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Women's Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens 'Very impressive' ALISON WEIR 'A proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read' SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB 'Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr' ELIZABETH NORTON
About the Author
About the Author
Joanne Paul, author of The House of Dudley, is a senior lecturer in early modern history at the University of Sussex. A BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker, her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of the Renaissance and early modern periods. She has written for the Cambridge University Press 'Ideas in Context' series and has been widely praised for her work on Thomas More, William Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Thomas Hobbes. She lives in Sussex.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"An exceptionally well-researched biography, situating its subject in his rightful place at the heart of the turmoil of the early sixteenth century. Rather than simply a statesman-turned-victim of Henry VIII, Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr. As compelling as a novel, the story of More's rise and fall is vividly told."--Elizabeth Norton, author of The Hidden Lives of Tudor Woman
"THE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters."--Nathen Amin, author of Son of Prophesy: The Rise of Henry Tudor
"A work of proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read. More is so often seen as either a saint, i.e. 'The Man For All Seasons' or the misogynistic bigot we see in Wolf Hall. In this superb biography, 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, author of A Journey Through Tudor England
"Very impressive."--Alison Weir, New York Times bestselling author
Praise for The House of Dudley: "Visceral and illuminating. Paul has produced a painstakingly detailed first book with spirit and verve. Her style is cinematic."-- "The Wall Street Journal"
"An enthralling read told with great verve and an eye for the telling detail."-- "The Literary Review"
"To show us More as other than saint or villain, her new, hugely readable biography immerses us in More's busy, messy, and changing world. Paul is brilliant at bringing the swirl of Catholic England to life. Paul's engrossing biography more than shows More and his world are compelling, strange, and dark."--The Times (London)
"Fans 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." --The Spectator
"Joanne Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader. In Paul's 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, Women's Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Pub date:
2025-07-01
Length:
624 pages
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