：歷史人物的回聲，語言：繁體中文，ISBN：9575451457，頁數：368，出版社：
本書以淋漓酣暢的筆鋒，介紹歷史上十二位知名的世界性人物，讀者於書中讀到不只是事功、業蹟、文學、藝術浮面的縷述而已，並且能進一步穿透這些巨像們的靈魂，看到他們如何披荊斬棘，脫穎而出。收到書中的人物包括：托瑪斯．摩爾、拿破崙、拜倫、雪萊、達爾文、俾斯麥、易卜生、托爾斯泰、甘地、史懷哲、金恩、黑澤明等人。
作者以靈動、雄健的筆法，精闢深入的論見，信實縝密的資料，使每一位巨人從台的布幕中再度奔躍而出。本書鉤勒人物，栩栩如生，呼之欲出。書中對這些偉人畢生奮鬥的心路歷程，皆有詳實、獨到剖析，讀之可以磨礪志節，倍增面對人生的勇氣。本書寫作費時六年，堪作者嘔心瀝血之作。
Tal día como hoy, en 1478, nació en Londres Thomas More, más conocido en España como Tomás Moro. Este teólogo, político, humanista y escritor, fue un destacado detractor de la Reforma protestante. Su principal obra literaria, "Utopía", fue redactada en Amberes y publicada en 1516.
El Museo del Prado conserva el retrato de Moro realizado por Rubens entre 1625 y 1630, y que es una copia libre del que el pintor alemán Hans Holbein el Joven había realizado en 1527. La copia de pinturas de otros autores representa una de las prácticas habituales de aquella época. En su obra, el artista holandés eliminó algunos elementos considerados accesorios, como un cortinaje y una cadena. El original de Holbein se conserva en la Frick Collection de Nueva York.
Sir Thomas More was born in London, England on this day in 1478.
"And when the devil hath seen that they have set so little by him, after certain essays, made in such times as he thought most fitting, he hath given that temptation quite over. And this he doth not only because the proud spirit cannot endure to be mocked, but also lest, with much tempting the man to the sin to which he could not in conclusion bring him, he should much increase his merit."
—from "Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation" (1553)
—from "Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation" (1553)
Thomas More is perhaps most familiar to us from his courageous struggle with Henry VIII, unforgettably portrayed in Robert Bolt’s classic, A Man for All Seasons. But that final struggle, which ended in his execution for treason, was only the crowning act in a life that he had devoted to God long before. In the first selection in decades made for the general reader from his collected works, this volume traces More’s journey of moral conviction in his own words and writings. Drawing on a variety of More’s late writings–the extraordinary “Tower Works,” written in prison, his poignant last letters to his daughter Margaret, and his poems, private prayers and devotional works–this collection will provide even readers lacking a background in Renaissance humanism or history with a rich introduction to a startlingly modern man of spiritual principle. Also included is the famous “Life of Sir Thomas More,” written by his son-in-law, William Roper. In the annals of spirituality certain books stand out both for their historical importance and for their continued relevance. The Vintage Spiritual Classics series offers the greatest of these works in authoritative new editions, with specially commissioned essays by noted contemporary commentators. Filled with eloquence and fresh insight, encouragement and solace, Vintage Spiritual Classics are incomparable resources for all readers who seek a more substantive understanding of mankind’s relation to the divine. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/saint-t…/9780375725722/
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