Ackroyd, Peter,

The life of Thomas More Peter Ackroyd. - 1st ed. in the U.S.A. - New York : Nan A. Talese, 1998. - x, 447 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

"First published in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London"--T.p. verso.

This Dark World --
Pretty Plays of Childhood --
St Anthony's Pigs --
Cough Not, Nor Spit --
Set on His Book --
Duty is the Love of Law --
Most Holy Father --
We Talk of Letters --
If You Want to Laugh --
The Wine of Angels --
Holy, Holy, Holy! --
Craft of the City --
Milk and Honey --
A Jolly Master-Woman --
Kings' Games --
The Best Condition of a Society --
Wholly a Courtier --
He Sat Upon a Throne of Gold --
My Poor Mind --
Eques Auratus --
I Am Like Ripe Shit --
Long Persuading and Privy Labouring --
Thy Foolish Face --
You Are But one Man --
Foolish Frantic Books --
We Poor Worldly Men of Middle Earth --
Infinite Clamour --
All the Beasts of the Woods --
The Wrath of the King Means Death --
The Weeping Time --
Peck of Troubles --
Call Forth Sir Thomas More --
The King is Good Unto Me.

This Dark World --
Pretty Plays of Childhood --
St Anthony's Pigs --
Cough Not, Nor Spit --
Set on His Book --
Duty is the Love of Law --
Most Holy Father --
We Talk of Letters --
If You Want to Laugh --
The Wine of Angels --
Holy, Holy, Holy! --
Craft of the City --
Milk and Honey --
A Jolly Master-Woman --
Kings' Games --
The Best Condition of a Society --
Wholly a Courtier --
He Sat Upon a Throne of Gold --
My Poor Mind --
Eques Auratus --
I Am Like Ripe Shit --
Long Persuading and Privy Labouring --
Thy Foolish Face --
You Are But one Man --
Foolish Frantic Books --
We Poor Worldly Men of Middle Earth --
Infinite Clamour --
All the Beasts of the Woods --
The Wrath of the King Means Death --
The Weeping Time --
Peck of Troubles --
Call Forth Sir Thomas More --
The King is Good Unto Me.

A biography of Catholic martyr and saint, Thomas More, discussing his formidable intellect, political skill, and the steadfast faith that resulted in his beheading when he refused to follow King Henry VIII's lead in severing England's ties to the Catholic Church.

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More, Thomas 1478-1535.


Christian martyrs--Biography.--England
Statesmen--Biography.--Great Britain
Humanists--Biography.--England


Great Britain--History--Biography.--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547.

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