Ironically, More's own life was less than utopian, as he was imprisoned and executed in 1535 after he had fallen out of favor with King Henry VIII of England.
Utopia
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Author(s)Thomas More
ISBN / ASIN1440427976
ISBN-139781440427978
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Sir Thomas More's Utopia describes a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system. More coined the word "utopia" - a name he gave to the ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in Utopia.