The Life Of Thomas More
Language: English
Published by Sinclair Stevenson, 1998
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- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Life Of Thomas More
- Author
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Publisher
- Sinclair Stevenson
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1856197115
- ISBN 13
- 9781856197113
- Edition
- 3rd Edition.
- Item weight
- 895 grams
- Dimensions
- 3.99 centimeters width by 16.51 centimeters height by 24.21 centimeters depth
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Review
Thomas More is a prime candidate for the London treatment. Born in the city, with a life of official city duties at a time when London was highly distinct from Westminster and the court, he imbued his writings (especially Richard III and his print debate with Tyndale) with a real sense of London's uniqueness. Ackroyd's treatment is thus both apposite and, of course, highly readable. He possesses a real gift for making dry history come alive with telling detail and vivid swathes of local colour. But while the new angle might imply a new understanding of the man, ultimately, the picture is overly familiar. Ackroyd's More comes out looking very much like Robert Bolt's Man for All Seasons More--a hinge between dark medievalism and modern secular conscience. Only this time he has an inner London postcode. --Alan Stewart
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