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Title: Man for All Seasons

Author: Robert Bolt

ISBN: 9780679728221

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1990

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: Reissue

Number of Pages: 163

Condition: Used Copy

Publisher :
The dramatization of Sir Thomas More’s historic conflict with Henry VIII–a compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions and a modern classic that “challenges the mind, and, in the end, touches the heart” (New York Times). Sir Thomas More–the brilliant nobleman, lawyer, humanist, author of such works as Utopia–was a long-time friend and favorite of Henry VIII, ascending to the position of Lord Chancellor in 1529. Yet he was also a staunch Catholic, and when Henry broke with the Church in 1531 after the Pope had refused to grant him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, More resigned the Chancellorship. In 1534, Parliament passed a bill requiring all subjects to take an oath acknowledging the supremacy of England’s king over all foreign sovereigns–including the Pope. More refused, was imprisoned, and finally was executed in 1535.