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The Life of Thomas More
Peter Ackroyd
出版
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
, 2012-06-27
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Religion / Christianity / Anglican
ISBN
0307823016
9780307823014
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8J9uNOydymUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Peter Ackroyd's
The Life of Thomas More
is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (
Utopia
); and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint.
Born into the professional classes, Thomas More applied his formidable intellect and well-placed connections to become the most powerful man in England, second only to the king. As much a work of history as a biography,
The Life of Thomas More
gives an unmatched portrait of the everyday, religious, and intellectual life of the early sixteenth century. In Ackroyd's hands, this renowned "man for all seasons" emerges in the fullness of his complex humanity; we see the unexpected side of his character--such as his preference for bawdy humor--as well as his indisputable moral courage.