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The Life of Thomas More
by Ackroyd, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. No price on DJ but no bookclub mark at back cover. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0385477090
- ISBN 13
- 9780385477093
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
$37.50$28.13
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About This Item
Doubleday Books, 1998. First edition in the U. S. [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. No price on DJ but no bookclub mark at back cover. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. x, [1], 447 p. Illustrations. Source Notes. Index. England's famous "man for all seasons" comes to vivid life in this dramatic new biography by the acclaimed novelist and biographer of T.S. Eliot and William Blake.
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd is a bestselling writer of both fiction and nonfiction. His most recent books include the biographies Dickens, Blake , and Thomas More and the novels The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, Milton in America , and The Plato Papers . He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award (jointly), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and The Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.
Reviews
On Sep 21 2007, 8228 said:
remarkably researched work - giving substantial dimension to the life of Thomas More:
utterly riveting
thankyou Peter Ackroyd
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64535
- Title
- The Life of Thomas More
- Author
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. No price on DJ but no bookclub mark at back cover. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in the U. S. [stated]. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0385477090
- ISBN 13
- 9780385477093
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Audley, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Cromwell, John Colet, John Fisher, Margaret Roper, Henry VIII, Thomas Howard, Richard Pace, John Rastell, Thomas Wolsey, William Warham, Cuthbert Tunstall, Tyndale
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