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About this book
The Whitbread Awardâwinning author of
Queen of Scots presents a "brilliantly observed" dual biography of Sir Thomas More and his daughter (
The New York Times).
Sir Thomas More's life is well known: his opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet a major figure in his lifeâhis beloved daughter Margaretâhas been largely airbrushed out of the story. Margaret was her father's closest confidant and played a critical role in safeguarding his intellectual legacy. In A Daughter's Love, John Guy restores her to her rightful place in Tudor history.
Always her father's favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus of Rotterdam. She remained devoted to her father after her marriageâand paid the price in estrangement from her husband. When More was thrown into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk, and even rescued his head after his execution.
Drawing on original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians, Guy creates a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history.
Sir Thomas More's life is well known: his opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet a major figure in his lifeâhis beloved daughter Margaretâhas been largely airbrushed out of the story. Margaret was her father's closest confidant and played a critical role in safeguarding his intellectual legacy. In A Daughter's Love, John Guy restores her to her rightful place in Tudor history.
Always her father's favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus of Rotterdam. She remained devoted to her father after her marriageâand paid the price in estrangement from her husband. When More was thrown into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk, and even rescued his head after his execution.
Drawing on original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians, Guy creates a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustration Credits
- Acknowledgments
- The Colt and Elryngton Families
- The More Family
- The Rastell Family
- The Roper Family
- Map
- Note on Units of Currency
- Prologue
- Part I
- A Child Is Born
- Family Matters
- Rites of Passage
- Enter Alice
- A Go-Between
- An Absent Father
- Coming of Age
- Part II
- Speaking in Tongues
- Speaking Out
- The Limits of Reason
- Alternative Utopias
- Convulsions in Christendom
- A Utopian Dilemma
- Part III
- Shifting Sands
- Heaven in Chelsea
- âOur Fatherâ
- The Devil Makes Work
- Illusion of Reality
- Part IV
- âFate We Must Obeyâ
- Grappling with the Devil
- The Press of Suitors
- Resignation
- Part V
- A Knock at the Door
- The Heart of the Matter
- Fighting Back
- âMerrily in Heavenâ
- Telling the Story
- References and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Footnotes