A Man of Singular Virtue: Being a Life of Sir Thomas More by His Son-in-Law William Roper and a Selection of More's Letters (The Folio Society)

127, [1] pp. Selected and introduced by A.L. Rowse. Includes 57 numbered illustrations, 23 in full color, reproducing contemporary portraits, prints, and documents. A biography of the British lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. Selected, edited, and introduced by A.L. Rowse. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout, including reproductions of portraits of numerous members of the nobility, from Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn to Cardinald Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell.