This new biography reveals the hidden spiritual life of St. Thomas More, laying bare the motivations that led him to become a paragon of lay holiness and a model of courage, integrity, and fortitude for all ages. Using More"s writings as a window into his interior life, author Gerard Wegemer explains why this renowned lawyer and statesman sacrificed everything that the world holds dear for the sake of his conscience. First Things magazine calls this book an admirable and stylistically winsome profile in courage. ONE OF HISTORY"S M0ST ADMIRED FIGURES, Thomas More stands as a model of courage, integrity, fortitude, and other virtues. As a highly successful lawyer, diplomat, and father of a large family, he sacrificed everything that the world holds dear for what his conscience dictated was a principle that could not be sacrificed. The Catholic Church recognized his