{"product_id":"thomas-more-paperback-by-joanne-paul","title":"Thomas More Paperback by Joanne Paul","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-07-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e512\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781405953627\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e419.58\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.81 x 12.7 x 3.56\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEngrossing\u003c\/b\u003e' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIn this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003e[A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTHE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters\u003c\/b\u003e' NATHEN AMIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Significant. Terrific. Meticulously researched. Beautifully written'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eUtopia \u003c\/i\u003eand an inspiration for statesmen, socialists and intellectuals even today?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr is he the stubborn zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning many received interpretations of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been an intellectual and political giant of his age, central to the making of modern Europe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade's research into More's life and work, this is a richly-told story of family, faith and politics, and a compelling portrait of a man who, more than four hundred years after his death, remains the most brilliant mind of the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e__\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHOMAS MORE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePaul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader\u003c\/b\u003e' LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Women's Prize longlisted historian of \u003ci\u003eYoung Queens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eVery \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eimpressive\u003c\/b\u003e' ALISON WEIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful, riveting, subtle. Captures beautifully the life of More\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efading world he died to preserve' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read\u003c\/b\u003e' SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePaul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr\u003c\/b\u003e' ELIZABETH NORTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanne Paul\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, broadcaster, consultant, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex. A BBC\/AHRC New Generation Thinker, her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods. She has written for the Cambridge University Press 'Ideas in Context' series, and has been widely praised for her work on Thomas More, William Shakespeare, Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. Her current academic project is an edition of Thomas More’s \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e for the Oxford University Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first book for the trade, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Dudley\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2022. \u003ci\u003eThomas More: A Life \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in May 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48903051575457,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781405953627","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781405953627.jpg?v=1794042259","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/thomas-more-paperback-by-joanne-paul","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}