The Life Of Thomas More托马斯·莫里斯爵士的一生 英文原版

　　Peter Ackroyd’s The Life of Thomas More is a masterful
reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most
remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a
renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a
name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, most
famously, a Catholic martyr and saint.
　　Born into the professional classes, Thomas More applied his
formidable intellect and well-placed connections to become the most
powerful man in England, second only to the king. As much a work of
history as a biography, The Life of Thomas More gives an unmatched
portrait of the everyday, religious, and intellectual life of the
early sixteenth century. In Ackroyd’s hands, this renowned “man for
all seasons” emerges in the fullness of his complex humanity; we
see the unexpected side of his character–such as his preference
for bawdy humor–as well as his indisputable moral courage.

　　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.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I  THIS DARK WORLD
II  PRETTY  PLAYS  OF  CHILDHOOD
III  ST ANTHONY’S PIGS
IV  COUGH NOT, NOR SPIT
V  SET ON HIS BOOK
VI  DUTY IS THE  LOVE  OF  LAW
VII  MOST  HOLY  FATHER
VIII WE TALK OF LETTERS
IX  IF YOU WANT TO  LAUGH
X  THE WINE  OF  ANGELS
XI  HOLY,  HOLY,  HOLY!
XII  CRAFT  OF THE  CITY
XIII  MILK AND HONEY
XIV  A JOLLY MASTER-WOMAN
XV  KINGS’  GAMES
XVI  THE BEST CONDITION OF A SOCIETY
XVII  WHOLLY A COURTIER
XVIII  HE SAT UPON A THRONE OF GOLD
XIX  MY POOR MIND
XX  EQUES AURATUS
XXI  I AM LIKE RIPE SHIT
XXII  LONG PERSUADING AND PRIVY LABOURING
XXIII  THY FOOLISH FACE
XXIV  YOU ARE BUT ONE MAN
XXV  FOOLISH FRANTIC BOOKS
XXVI  WE  POOR WORLDLY  MEN  OF  MIDDLE
EARTH
XXVII  INFINITE  CLAMOUR
XXVIII  ALL THE  BEASTS  OF  THE WOODS
XXIX  THE WRATH OF THE KING MEANS DEATH
XXX  THE WEEPING TIME
XXXI  PECK OF TROUBLES
XXXII  CALL FORTH SIR THOMAS MORE
XXXIII  THE KING  IS  GOOD  UNTO  ME
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