ISBN-13: 9780872431188

Erasmus said of his friend Thomas More that he was "the most delightful character in the world . . . indeed I do not think it is easier to make a likeness of More than of Alexander the Great or Achilles; neither were those heroes more worthy of immortality." William Roper was More's son-in-law and his Life of Sir Thomas More, with its intimate glimpses of life within the More household, has become a classic biography. A new gift edition, illustrated with portraits of More, his family and their contemporaries by Hans Holbein.