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328 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
鈥淲hen a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water [he cups his hands], and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again. Some men aren't capable of this, but I'd be loathe to think your father one of them.鈥�
鈥淚n this tense play of conscience, Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, enters into political and moral conflict with King Henry VIII when he refuses to support the King鈥檚 move to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. More鈥檚 decision to endorse the divine right of the Pope over and above that of the King leads to his unwilling martyrdom and tragic downfall.鈥�