A Daughter's Love : Thomas More and His Dearest Meg (Hardcover)

from andrewcorser

I enjoyed this book - especially after reading Wolf Hall (although that is fiction) as it gave a different perspective on Thomas More. I guess I need to see A Man for All Seasons...

from delphica

This is a very readable biographical account in tandem of Sir Thomas More (author, scholar, statesman, martyr) and his eldest daughter, Margaret. While Thomas's story is very well known, the author shows that Meg herself was a philosopher and writer in her own right. There is plenty of primary so...

from delphica

This is a very readable biographical account in tandem of Sir Thomas More (author, scholar, statesman, martyr) and his eldest daughter, Margaret. While Thomas's story is very well known, the author shows that Meg herself was a philosopher and writer in her own right. There is plenty of primary so...

from bookwoman247

This was a very readable biography of Sir Thomas More and, incidentally, of his daughter, Margaret Roper. I say incidentally, because she was treated with more depth than other family members and other background characters, but nto with nearly the same depth as More, the author of Utopia. I real...

from varielle

Even monsters have daughters who love them. This certainly knocked More off his pedestal for me. I can't blame the king for being a trifle annoyed. All the high flown idealism and intellectual ability was squandered on a grasping politician. Well written and researched biography of a highly flawe...