Thomas More: A Very Brief History

In this fresh assessment of Mores life and legacy, John Guy considers the factors that have given rise to claims concerning Mores significance. Who was the real Thomas More? Was he the saintly, self-possessed hero of conscience of Robert Bolts A Man for All Seasons or was he the fanatical, heretic-hunting torturer of Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall? Which of these images of More has the greater historical veracity? And why does this man continue to fascinate, inspire, and provoke us today?

• Saint Thomas More: Selected Writings
• Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel
• A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg
• Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
• Thomas More (Past Masters) by Anthony Kenny (1983-10-20)
• The Cambridge Companion to Thomas More (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
• Thomas More (Reputations Series)
• More: Utopia (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
• Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
• Thomas More (Jonathan Cape paperback ; 93)