Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterfulreconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the mostremarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was arenowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave aname to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, mostfamously, a Catholic martyr and saint.
Born into the professional classes, Thomas More applied hisformidable intellect and well-placed connections to become the mostpowerful man in England, second only to the king. As much a work ofhistory as a biography, The Life of Thomas More gives an unmatchedportrait of the everyday, religious, and intellectual life of theearly sixteenth century. In Ackroyd's hands, this renowned "man forall seasons" emerges in the fullness of his complex humanity; wesee the unexpected side of his character--such as his preferencefor bawdy humor--as well as his indisputable moral courage.
【作者简介】
Peter Ackroyd is a bestselling writer of both fiction andnonfiction. His most recent books include the biographies Dickens,Blake, and Thomas More and the novels The Trial of Elizabeth Cree,Milton in America, and The Plato Papers. He has won the WhitbreadBiography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s WilliamHeinemann Award (jointly), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, andThe Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.
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