Thomas More

Fans of The House of Dudley – and , indeed , of Wolf Hall and A Man for All Seasons - will find much to enjoy in this immersive , richly told account of life , death , faith and politics at the early Tudor court

SPECTATOR

Joanne Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader. In Paul’s hands he is neither overly good nor bad; he just is. We are in a new age of tyrants – Thomas More shows the necessity of speaking truth to power at all costs

LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Women’s Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens

Forget […] Hilary Mantel’s caricatures. In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Very impressive

ALISON WEIR

A work of proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read...Joanne Paul goes back to the words More wrote himself, to try and get at More before fame and the accusations against him took hold. I so enjoyed the result

SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB

THE definitive biography of one of history’s most complex and often inscrutable characters

NATHEN AMIN, author of Son of Prophesy: The Rise of Henry Tudor

Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr. As compelling as a novel, the story of More's rise and fall is vividly told

ELIZABETH NORTON

To show us More as other than saint or villain, [Paul's] readable biography immerses us in More's busy, messy and changing world ... engrossing

The Times

Praise for Joanne Paul

Death, desire, power and scandal - this is riveting stuff. Paul produces a well-written, historically grounded page-turner

Spectator

A spectacular achievement

Nicola Tallis

Absorbing, meticulously researched and expertly executed

Lindsey Fitzharris

Brilliant and lucid. This is an original and illuminating work

Suzannah Lipscomb