English statesman and writer Sir Thomas More 14781535 is best remembered asboth a humanist scholaras author of the classic 1516 political satireUtopiaand a reli... » 

English statesman and writer Sir Thomas More 14781535 is best remembered asboth a humanist scholaras author of the classic 1516 political satireUtopiaand a religious martyr he was beheaded by King Henry VIII forrefusing to acknowledge the monarch as the head of the Church of England. Muchof what we know about his life comes courtesy of this biography by his soninlaw English politician WILLIAM ROPER 14981578. Written in the mid 16thcentury but not published till 1626 this is history told from the perspectiveof a primary sourceit is a riveting eyewitness account of the last days of oneof the great figures of English history and literature. This reprint of an 1822edition includes some family letters including Mores last writtencommunication before his death. «