02524cam a2200349 4500 1022395934 TxAuBib 20120322120000.0 090609s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008-034932 9780618499151 0618499156 (OCoLC)231588340 7512 7512 TxAuBib Guy, J. A, (John Alexander.) A daughter's love : Thomas More and his dearest Meg / John Guy. Boston, Mass : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. [xix], 378 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 24 cm. Maps on end papers. "First published in Great Britain, in 2008 by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. John Guy brings to life Thomas More and his daughter Margaret - his confidante and collaborator who played a critical role in safeguarding his legacy. Sir Thomas Moreś life is well known: his opposition to Henry VIIIś marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet Margaret has been largely airbrushed out of the story in which she played so important a role. John Guy restores her to her rightful place in this captivating account of their relationship. Always her fatherś favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus. She remained devoted to her father after her marriage - and paid the price in estrangement from her husband. When More was thrown into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk, even rescued his head after his execution. John Guy returns to original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians to create a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history. 20090609. Roper, Margaret 1505-1544. More, Thomas Sir Saint 1478-1535. Women Great Britain History 16th century Biography. Christian martyrs England Biography. Humanists England Biography. England Intellectual life 16th century. Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography. TXNES