The Whitbread Award–winning author of Queen of Scots presents a
"brilliantly observed" dual biography of Sir Thomas More and his
daughter ( The New York Times). Sir Thomas More's life is well known:
his opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for
treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet a major figure in his
life—his beloved daughter Margaret—has been largely airbrushed out
of the story. Margaret was her father's closest confidant and played a
critical role in safeguarding his intellectual legacy. In A Daughter's
Love, John Guy restores her to her rightful place in Tudor history.
Always her father's favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished
scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus of
Rotterdam. She remained devoted to her father after her marriage—and
paid the price in estrangement from her husband. When More was thrown
into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most
famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk,
and even rescued his head after his execution. Drawing on original
sources that have been ignored by generations of historians, Guy
creates a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter
whose devotion secured his place in history.
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Thomas More & His Dearest Meg
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780547488363
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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