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 God's Bestseller William Tyndale, Thomas More, & the Writing of the English Bible A Story of Martyrdom and Betrayal Brian Moynahan 
 Description From The Publisher: The English Bible—the mot familiar book in our language—is the product of a man who was exiled, vilified, betrayed, then strangled, then burnt. William Tyndale left England in 1524 to translate the word of God into English. This was heresy, punishable by death. Sir Thomas More, hailed as a saint and a man for all seasons, considered it his divine duty to pursue Tyndale. He did so with an obsessive ferocity that, in all probability, led to Tyndale's capture and death. The words that Tyndale wrote during his desperate exile have a beauty and familiarity that still resonate across the English-speaking world: "Death, where is thy sting?...eat, drink, and be merry...our Father which art in heaven." His New Testament, which he translated, edited, financed, printed, and smuggled into England in 1526, passed with few changes into subsequent versions of the Bible. So did those books of the Old Testament that he lived to finish. Brian Moynahan's lucid and meticulously researched biography illuminates Tyndale's life, from his childhood in England, to his death outside Brussels. It chronicles the birth pangs of the Reformation, the wrath of Henry VIII, the sympathy of Anne Boleyn, and the consuming malice of Thomas More. Above all, it reveals the English Bible as a labor of love, for which a man in an age more spiritual than our own willingly gave his life. Reviews "Testifies to his unique influence on what might be called the current English of daily life." —The Times [U.K.] "A thriller, a history, and a biography all rolled into one." —Irish Times "A triumph…authoritative, vital, passionate…and superbly able to re-create the mentality of a violent and agonized time." —Evening Standard [U.K.] "Scrupulously researched, admirably fair-minded, and, above all, extraordinarily readable, Moynahan's biography is a real revelation." —The Scotsman [U.K.] "With its double agents and whispered conferences in taverns, [God's Bestseller] is almost worthy of LeCarré…artfully paced." —Mail on Sunday [U.K.]  Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book. About the Author Brian Moynahan is a former history scholar of Cambridge University. He was a foreign correspondent, and latterly the European editor, of the London Sunday Times. As a foreign correspondent, he reported in the United States from Texas, New York City, Los Angeles, Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. He also spent time with U.S. forces in Vietnam 1964--68 and in the Middle East. He lives in England. Table of Contents Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject  The Bible in English: Its History and InfluenceHow We Got the BibleIn the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture
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