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    Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons
    Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons
    Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons
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    Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons

    By Raja Sharma

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    The story revolves around the true story related to life of Sir Thomas More who was the Chancellor of England in the 16th century. Thomas More had refused to endorse the wish of King Henry VIII who wanted to divorce his ageing wife Catherine of Aragon only because she had been unable to give him a son. King Henry VIII wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, who was the sister of his former mistress.

    Sir Thomas More has been presented as a man of principle. He is envied by his rivals like Thomas Cromwell. His family and the common people in the country love him.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateDec 11, 2012
    ISBN9781301304974
    Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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      Ready Reference Treatise - Raja Sharma

      Ready Reference Treatise: A Man for All Seasons

      Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2012 Raja Sharma

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      Preface

      Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

      But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

      I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

      All the best.

      Raja Sharma

      Chapter One: About Robert Bolt

      Robert Oxton Bolt, CBE was born on 15th of August, 1924, Sale, Cheshire. He was a highly popular playwright. Bolt was the recipient of two Oscar awards for the best screenwriter.

      The most famous works written by Robert Bold are Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Man for All Seasons.

      While studying at Manchester Grammar School, Robert Bolt developed his affinity for Sir Thomas More. Having completed school education, he went to the University of Manchester.

      Bolt joined the war service, and after that he went to the University of Exeter.

      After his university education Bolt became a teacher. He taught English and History at Millfield School for many years. He became a full time professional writer only at the age of thirty three.

      His first play The Flowering Cherry was launched in London in 1958. Bolt mostly wrote screenplays for films or televisions. His work A Man for All Season brought him name and fame and established him as a playwright in the world of English Drama.

      The protagonists in his plays were depicted as being in tension with the prevailing society. Starting from A Man for All Seasons he developed it in his script for Lawrence of Arabia. Many predecessors had failed in their attempt to produce Lawrence but Bolt succeeded.

      Bolt was arrested by the authorities for protesting against nuclear proliferation. He was told to sign a document that he would not engage in such activities again, but he refused. As a result he was sent to jail for one month.

      Only after two weeks of imprisonment, Sam Spiegel, the producer of the Lawrence of Arabia film tried to persuade him to sign the document that he

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