Thomas More

Thomas More
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 596
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ISBN-10 : 0674885252
ISBN-13 : 9780674885257
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Book Synopsis Thomas More by : Richard Marius

Download or read book Thomas More written by Richard Marius and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the centuries, biographers of Thomas More have always praised him and made him an example for their own times. He was a man for all seasons. Truly, he was a Renaissance man with the contradictions such praise imposes on a towering figure. In Richard Marius's authoritative and engaging portrait, Sir Thomas More, the martyr and brilliant public figure, is a lesson for our season.


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