The conscience game

by Daughters of St. Paul · 1966

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Biography of Sir Thomas More, lawyer, scholar, and in his final years Lord Chancellor of England. More's refusal to recognize Henry VIII as head of the English church led to his imprisonment and condemnation to death.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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16th century16th centuryMore like thisLess of thisTudorTudorMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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short · 91 pages

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