Two Early Tudor Lives: The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish; The Life of Sir Thomas More by William Roper

by George Cavendish, William Roper, and Ricahrd S. Sylvester

Richard S Sylvester (Editor) and Davis P. Harding (Editor)

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"The serious student of the era and the even larger number of enthusiastic admirers of the historical literature for that complex and challenging age will be profoundly grateful for this compact, modern version of two Tudor classics."—Catholic Historical Review

Around the year 1557, George Cavendish and William Roper fashioned masterful biographies of two figures who played major roles in the dramatic sequence of events that transformed the face of England. Each author knew his subject intimately; Cavendish served Wolsey as the Cardinal’s gentleman usher, and Roper was More’s son-in-law. Edited from the manuscripts for the Early English Text Society, the modernized versions of the two biographies presented here are based upon these authoritative editions. 
  • ISBN10 0300002394
  • ISBN13 9780300002393
  • Publish Date 10 September 1963
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 September 2023
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 288
  • Language English