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Thomas More

A Life

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Thomas More

By: Joanne Paul
Narrated by: Ben Miles
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The definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century: Thomas More.

Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More was one of the most famous—and notorious—figures in English history.

Was he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of Utopia, and an inspiration for statesmen and intellectuals even today? Or was he the cruel zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall? Thomas More: A Life is a monumental biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning prior interpretations of this titan of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been intellectually and politically central to the making of modern Europe.

Based on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade of research into More's life and work, this is a richly told story of faith and politics that illuminates a man who, more than four hundred years after his execution, remains one of the most brilliant minds of the Renaissance.

©2025 Joanne Paul (P)2025 Tantor Media Biographies & Memoirs Europe Philosophers Politicians Politics & Activism Professionals & Academics Renaissance England Middle Ages Royalty
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Thomas Moore's commitment to understanding the depth of religious belief and applying that insight to his fellow man and community.

Intellectually and Morally Insightful

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Wonderfully written and elegantly read by the narrator. An amazing life written with dash and balance.

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this was impossibly delicious. not The Thomas More depicted in film. I learned what I came to learn. I appreciate all of the detail and Ben Miles sultry voice to float into my ears made it even better. Beautifully told.

As we enter a new era of division revenge and tyranny

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