English Prayers and Treatise on the Holy Eucharist by Sir Thomas More / Edited by Philip E. Hallet

Edited with an introduction by Philip E. Hallett -- A handsome gift edition of the prayers of Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII, which were written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London from April 1534 until his beheading the following year. Up to the time his books and papers were all removed at the command of the sovereign, Sir Thomas worked away busily at these devotions. Much has been written recently of Cranmer's gift for English devotional prose. In balance, simplicity and tenderness of feeling, these prayers of Thomas More will fully sustain comparison with his.