TY - BOOK AU - Roper,William TI - The life of Sir Thomas More SN - 0872431185 (pbk.) : CY - Springfield, Ill. PB - Templegate, [198-] KW - More, Thomas, KW - Christian martyrs KW - England KW - Biography KW - Christian saints KW - Statesmen KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Henry VIII, 1509-1547 N2 - Erasmus said of his friend Thomas More, the author of Utopia, 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 ER -