The Life of Thomas More - Peter Ackroyd Audiobook
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History Of Anglicanism
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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.
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This post has 13 comments with rating of 5/5
November 16th, 2018
Wonderful stuff, prof. Ackroyd can bring these historical events and characters to vivid life. And the subject here is almost peerless.
November 16th, 2018
Thanks prof. This ticks all my worthy, genuinely interesting AND educational boxes - so i will likely download it, and it will then sit glaring at me waiting to be listened to. Really must include more fact in my fictional diet - but is history fact or fiction? Now there’s a debate in the making :)
November 16th, 2018
Faction, perhaps. It’s all about appropriate interpretation of the factual record. As long as you avoid revisionist historians.
The life of More certainly has high drama. A bit like Mary, Queen of Scots, Joan of Arc and Socrates.
November 16th, 2018
Did enjoy Wolf Hall on the telly, not tried the book yet, definitely a fascinating period of history. A wolf in sheep’s clothing? (I got sheep in there).
November 16th, 2018
Hilary Mantel has another astounding book, set around the French Revolution this time: A Place of Greater Safety. Ovines don’t feature, if memory serves. Apart from the French people following like obedient sheep.
November 16th, 2018
Thanks for the recommendation. There is an old Tibetan saying : It is better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep. Sheep are a much maligned species.
November 16th, 2018
They only have themselves to blame.
That’s a good proverb, and could be applied to Thomas More himself.
November 17th, 2018
Wolf Hall and Hilary Mantel are the worst thing to happen to the era since Henry VIII laid his eyes on Anne. They use just enough accurate history to lure the reader in, and then start fictionalizing a sadistic, self-absorbed monster into a hero, and a hero into the evil antagonist. As a professional historian, I wanted to personally visit Mantel and throw a slug into her teacup.
November 17th, 2018
@prof - that’s so interesting to get a viewpoint from a professional in the history biz. I’m no expert and certainly no reliable judge of historic accuracy in any sense, just enjoyed the BBC production. Throwing slugs in teacups, what a wonderfully disgusting sounding revenge! What’s your view on Mary Beard, she seems to provoke a love her or loathe her response, I’m in the liking her quite alot camp.
November 17th, 2018
Prof Moretti, tho enjoying Wolf Hall I’d harboured misgivings about the recreation of events at such remove. What are your thoughts about the prolific Mr Ackroyd?
November 18th, 2018
Wolf Hall is certainly a reversal of the depiction in A Man For All Seasons. Sometimes a “novel” perspective and surprise are the motivating factors. It could stimulate an interest in returning to the actual historiography.
Slugs in teacups sounds fairly sadistic itself.
November 20th, 2018
Well, while not a Catholic, I do tend to despise the iconoclastic aspects of the Anglican and later Protestant Reformations, and the horrific destruction that deprived posterity of beauty, art, and architecture the rival of which we will never see again. And Mantel’s anti-Catholicism is not a secret, though you can dislike Catholics without trying to make an objectively admirable historical figure into a monster, which is why she gets the slug. Otherwise she’s no more than a Dan Brown.
Also, there’s nothing novel about her perspective. Anti-Catholic polemicists have beat on the pro-Cromwell drum for centuries. It still doesn’t make it tune any less cacophonous.
Merida, I actually haven’t read SPQR yet. I’ve heard both sides, but until I get a chance to read /listen…
Sancho, I don’t like Ackroyd for several reasons. 1) His areas of expertise don’t interest me. 2) He’s a Cambridge alum, and everyone knows Cambridge is just a poor man’s Oxford ;) 3) His style is off-putting to me, personally, as I find it assumes in ways so subtle it’s hard to catch for many readers, and so they subconsciously accept opinions as fact. A bane on historical works of any sort, really, because you can’t really bring history to life without just a bit of imagination, but where to draw the line is what distinguishes a David McCullough or an Andrew O’Shaughnessy from a Peter Ackroyd.
November 20th, 2018
Beware, prof - you know how hazardous it is “to be deep in history” - the thought, culture and beauty can work their effects also.
Could not agree more about the mindlessness of iconoclasm. Fools read a Biblical passage in isolation and we lose ancient Monasteries, Abbeys, artworks and traditions which were at the centre of life for the people of the time. This destruction spread to my country as well.
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