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1	A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts more books like this by Robert Bolt (Preface by) add to wishlist Robert Bolt's classic play about Thomas More, the Catholic saint beheaded by Henry VIII at the birth of the Church of England, is now in trade paperback for the first time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The King's Confidante: The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More more books like this by Jean Plaidy add to wishlist The inimitable Plaidy continues her Novels of the Tudors by taking readers into the life of Sir Thomas More, a man torn between devotion to religion and duty to state. see all copies from $4.17! new only from $8.04! \| SVS
3	Man for All Seasons more books like this by Robert Bolt add to wishlist A Man for All Seasons dramatises the conflict between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More. It depicts the confrontation between church and state, theology and politics, absolute power and individual freedom. Throughout the play Sir Thomas More's eloquence and endurance, his purity, saintliness and tenacity in the face of ever-growing threats to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.71! \| first editions \| SVS
4	In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII more books like this by Derek Wilson add to wishlist The author examines a set of relationships which illustrate just how dangerous life was in the court of the Tudor lion, Henry VIII. Wilson tells the interlocking stories of six men (all, curiously, named Thomas) whose ambitions and principles brought them face to face with violent death. They were: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey; Lord Chancellor Thomas ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
5	A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg more books like this by John Guy add to wishlist With the novelistic vividness that made his National Book Critics Circle Award finalist "Queen of Scots" "a pure pleasure to read" ("Washington Post BookWorld"), Guy brings to life Thomas More and his daughter Margaret, who played a critical role in safeguarding his legacy. see all copies from $12.60! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Life of Thomas More more books like this by Peter Ackroyd add to wishlist Pre-eminent as a courtier and a humanist, a friend to Henry VIII and the author of "Utopia", Thomas More is one of the great figures of England's history; his life and career epitomize the great transformation of the country in the space of 35 years. This biography investigates the paradox of this "man for all seasons": the man of the world who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	In Praise of Folly more books like this by Desiderius Erasmus add to wishlist 1925. Also the pictures of Holbein etched in the author's time, to which are added Mr. Angarola's conception of the period and drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene Markey. The Praise of Folly is the best known work of the greatest of the renaissance humanists, Erasmus of Rotterdam. Originally meant for private circulation, it scourges ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Thomas More more books like this by John Guy add to wishlist Thomas More is known to us through so many representations: from Holbein's famous portrait to Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons". By good chance a quantity of is own letters (including those written in the tower) survive. Among contemporaries, Erasmus wrote about him and his own son-in-law, William Roper, wrote a masterly if not always accurate ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $77.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Thomas More: A Biography more books like this by Richard Marius add to wishlist Over the centuries, biographers of Thomas More have frequently praised him and made him an example for their own times. He was a man for all seasons. This tudor prelate and Lord Chancellor of England shared human qualities identifiable in all ages - pride, love, ambition, generosity, hypocrisy and greed. He was less thancommon because he was witty ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $15.21! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Thomas More: The Search for the Inner Man more books like this by Louis L Martz add to wishlist This book analyzes and studies More's writings as well as Holbein's portraits of More and his family. Louis Martz argues that there is no foundation for reviving the ancient charge that More was a bloody persecutor of heretics, and he questions the view put forth that More suffered from an "inner fury" resulting from sexual repression and a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.08!
11 view cover	Thomas More more books like this by Daniel Sargent add to wishlist This volume contains a biographical account of the life of Sir Thomas More, author and statesman, who was canonized a Saint in 1935. As a writer, he was best known for "Utopia." Contents: More's education; More's calling; More and Erasmus; More's household; More and the temporalty; More and the spirituality; church's champion; King's willfulness; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A man for all seasons : a play of Sir Thomas More. more books like this by Robert Bolt add to wishlist This series of plays has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum. Robert Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More has 11 male and three female parts. Classroom activities are included. see all copies from $3.38! new only from $13.68!
13 view cover	Sir Thomas More more books like this by Anthony Munday, Giorgio Melchiori (Editor), Vittorio Gabrieli (Editor) add to wishlist Famously censored by the Master of Revels and then revised - probably by Shakespeare himself - this is the story of Henry VIII's chancellor, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon The work of many hands, the manuscript includes three pages in what may be Shakespeare's own handwriting. see all copies from $9.76! new only from $9.76! \| SVS
14	More more books like this by Sir Anthony Kenny add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.21!
15 view cover	The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More: Volume 10, the Debellation of Salem and Bizance more books like this by John Guy (Editor), St Thomas More, Ralph Keen (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $48.50! new only from $94.75!
16	Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage more books like this by Gerard Wegemer add to wishlist see all copies from $19.17! new only from $80.99!
17	The Vision of Politics on the Eve of the Reformation: More, Machiavelli, and Seyssel more books like this by J H Hexter add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! first editions
18 view cover	Il Moro: Ellis Haywood's Dialogue in Memory of Thomas More more books like this by Ellis Heywood, Roger Lee Deakins (Translator) add to wishlist Readers familiar with Castiglione's "The Courtier" will welcome this translation of Ellis Heywood's "Il Moro," which also uses a conversation among friends as a vehicle for expressing philosophical points of view. Written by an Englishman in Italian, it now makes its first appearance in English translation since it was published in 1556. In "Il ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	More's Utopia and Utopian Literature more books like this by Harold M Priest, PH.D. add to wishlist Cliffs Test Preparation Guides help students prepare for and improve their performance on standardized tests ACT Preparation Guide CBEST Preparation Guide CLAST Preparation Guide ELM Review GMAT Preparation Guide GRE Preparation Guide LSAT Preparation Guide MAT Preparation Guide MATH Review for Standardized Tests MSAT Preparation Guide Memory ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.39! \| SVS
20 view cover	Thomas More on Statesmanship more books like this by Gerard B Wegemer add to wishlist This study examines More's complete works in view of his concept of statesmanship, and, in the process, links More's humanism, his faith, and his legal and political vocations. The work integrates the literature, philosophy, history and politics of the Renaissance in its discussion. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $14.82! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More: Volume 13, Treatise on the Passion, Treatise on the Blessed Body, Instructions and Prayers more books like this by St Thomas More, Sir Thomas More, Garry E Haupt (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $80.99! new only from $127.56!
22 view cover	Meg more books like this by Paula A Vogel add to wishlist 3m, 2f / Platforms, moveable props American College Theatre Festival Winner. Base on the life of Margaret More Roper. The political and ruthless male hierarchies of Henry VIII and the Church are offstage forces imprisoning Meg, a unique woman isolated from her time and environment through the gift and curse of her developed intellect. MEG ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
23	The praise of pleasure; philosophy, education, and communism in More's Utopia more books like this by Edward L Surtz add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! first editions
24	Incomplete Fictions: The Formation of English Renaissance Dialogue more books like this by Kenneth J. Wilson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	The New Republic more books like this by Colin Starnes add to wishlist Colin Starnes radical interpretation of the long-recognized affinity of Thomas More's "Utopia" and Plato's "Republic" confirms the intrinsic links between the two works. Through commentary on More's own introduction to Book I, the author shows the "Republic" is everywhere present as the model of the "best commonwealth," which More must first ... see all copies from $32.08! new only from $74.52!

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