This book will break open a secret. It is a gripping tale of love, loyalty and domestic happiness that came to be overwhelmed by the forces of ambition, deceit and treachery, from the award-winning author of ‘My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots’.
The life of Sir Thomas More is familiar to many. His opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason in 1534, his virtuoso defence at his trial and his execution in 1535 (and subsequent martyrdom) make up one of the most famous stories in British history.
While More's place in history is secure, Margaret, his daughter, has been almost forgotten. She was airbrushed out of the story, even though she played a leading role in this very public drama. During More's imprisonment in the Tower of London, Margaret became his sole intermediary with the outside world. She visited frequently, and the pair wrote long and loving letters to one another. Margaret also smuggled more inflammatory letters in and out of the Tower during these visits, and it is through these that we see a dramatic new portrait of Sir Thomas More emerge.
In this enlightening new book, John Guy returns to original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians, and re-writes a story that we think we already know.
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This book will break open a secret. It is a gripping tale of love, loyalty and domestic happiness that came to be overwhelmed by the forces of ambition, deceit and treachery, from the award-winning author of ‘My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots’.
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'Brilliantly observed and told … [Guy's] absorbing, thoroughly researched book does justice to two exemplary women – and reminds us that history is full of ironies' Claire Tomalin, New York Times
'An arresting reassessment…An outstanding talent for stop-the-reader-dead-in-their-tracks gripping storytelling. Guy's convincing page-turner of a double life has restored my faith in biography as a genre' Lisa Jardine, Sunday Times
'Gripping…Guy's scholarship is irreproachable' Independent on Sunday
'John Guy has done more towards the scholarly reappraisal of More's greatness than most other English Historians of the last 50 years' Independent
'Scrupulously researched' Economist
'A stirring story' Daily Mail
'An admirable account…A minor masterpiece' Spectator
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• Historian author John Guy reveals a new dimension to the life and legacy of Sir Thomas More – his close relationship with his daughter Margaret and the important role she played in the drama of his imprisonment.
• Many think they know of the life of Thomas More – in ‘A Daughter’s Love’, a dramatic new portrait of the man is unearthed as John Guy refers to original sources overlooked and ignored by other historians for generations.
• John Guy is the master of pacy, narrative historical biography which sheds new and interesting light on familiar figures. ‘My Heart is My Own’ has sold over 32,000 copies in the UK since publication.
• Tudor history has never been more popular – 2009 is the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII accession to the throne.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780007192328
Publisert
2009-04-30
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperPerennial
Vekt
310 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400
Forfatter
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John Guy is the author of numerous histories, including ‘Tudor England’, which has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and ‘My Heart is My Own’, which won the Whitbread Biography Award. He is a Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge and also lectures in the Faculty of History. He became an Honorary Research Professor of the University of St Andrews in 2003.