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A Daughter's Love: Thomas and Margaret More (Paperback)

by John Guy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial (30 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007192320
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007192328
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 86,692 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #49 in  Books > Biography > Historical > Britain > Tudors & Stuarts: 1501-1700
    #51 in  Books > History > Britain & Ireland > Early Modern 1501-1700 (Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution)
    #58 in  Books > Biography > Historical > 1501-1700

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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


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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'. 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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5.0 out of 5 stars More and More: rediscovering courage, 2 Jul 2009
By Dr. J. W. Casson (UK) - See all my reviews
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A Daughter's Love: Thomas and Margaret More is an excellent and moving book. It is well written, well researched, interesting, useful (I found things in it that I will be quoting in my next book) and a window into an age that continues to fascinate us today: it was the 16th and 17th centuries that laid the foundations for our modern world. As an man of integrity More shines but the book also allows Margaret, as a brilliant and brave woman, to emerge from the shadows. The role of educated women in these centuries is emerging as researchers rediscover letters and lives: Guy is to be congratulated on this book's contribution to these studies.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A fly in the ointment, 22 Oct 2009
By Mr. P. G. Mccarthy (Southampton, UK) - See all my reviews
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Guy's book does justice to 'Meg's' role in this part of history but overall the book is quite disappointing. Where Guy has little to say of Meg, he speculates on how she may have felt concerning events and upheavals in the family. The book is well researched but tends to rely on digressions for padding, (I'm not sure that the synopsis of More's Utopia was really necessary for example). The real problems that the book faces are not Guy's fault; it is an anomaly that such a character as More and his love for his family is so at odds with his zeal for hunting heretics. Even his Catholic colleagues found this alarming, and it seems that this made the final break with his 'best friend' Erasmus. No matter how beautiful the love story, for me, the burning of 'Lutherans' is a fly in the ointment. More died for the sake of conscience; he seems not to have taken into account the consciences of others.
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