Book Of Fire
William Tyndale, Thomas More and the Bloody Birth of the English Bible
$46.10
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2011
Summary
The great echoing phrases of the King James Bible that have boomed through the English-speaking mind for 400 years - an eye for an eye … eat, drink and be merry … . death, where is thy sting? … man shall not live by bread alone - are largely the work of a man whose genius for words matches Shakespeare. But William Tyndale, the young Gloucestershire tutor who wrote them, paid for them with his life. He was persecuted, exiled and eventually burned at the stake.
Book of Fire is the thril…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349123226 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349123225 |
| Author: | Brian Moynahan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Brian Moynahan
Brian Moynahan worked as a journalist for the YORKSHIRE POST and THE TIMES and currently works for several British and American newspapers. He is the author of THE BRITISH CENTURY, THE RUSSIAN CENTURY, and A BIOGRAPHY OF RASPUTIN.
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