Book description
Leading British historian John Guy, author of Thomas Becket
and My Heart is My Own, uncovers one of the most touching and
compelling family relationships in history in A Daughter's Love.
Sir Thomas More is a stalwart figure of British history. Lord
Chancellor in Henry Tudor's government, opposed to Henry VIII's
marriage to Anne Boleyn and famously executed for treason, he is a
well-studied and eminent figure.
John Guy's revealing new work sheds light on a little known aspect
of More, as a politician and as a man. His daughter Margaret played a
key role in More's private and public life, but has been all but
hidden from his story.
Neglected from previous historical works, A Daughter's Love
uses original sources to reveal a deep and loving relationship between
father and daughter. Margaret, a prodigy encouraged by her father, was
highly skilled in Latin and Greek, even emending texts from the
prominent scholar Erasmus. She became her father's advisor, confidante
and friend, exchanging long, loving letters during his incarceration
and providing comfort in his final hours. It is these letters, which
she smuggled from the Tower, that provide compelling new insights into
the famed politician.
A Daughter's Love is a riveting new portrait of Thomas More
and the daughter who played a central role in his life and work, from
one of Britain's most acclaimed historians.
'An arresting reassessment . . . An outstanding talent for
stop-the-reader-dead-in-their-tracks gripping storytelling. Guy's
convincing page-turner of a double life has restored my faith in
biography as a genre' Lisa Jardine, Sunday Times
'Gripping . . . Guy's scholarship is irreproachable' Independent
on Sunday
'Brilliantly observed and told . . . [Guy's] absorbing, thoroughly
researched book does justice to two exemplary women - and reminds us
that history is full of ironies' Claire Tomalin, The New
York Times
John Guy is an award-winning historian, accomplished broadcaster and
a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. His previous books include My
Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, winner of the
2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award, a
history, Tudor England, which has sold over 250,000 copies
worldwide and a biography of Thomas Becket published in 2012.
John Guy is an award-winning historian, accomplished broadcaster and
a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. His previous books include
My
Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
, winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography
Award, a history,
Tudor England
, which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and a biography of Thomas
Becket published in 2012.
