Author: S. Michael Wilcox
Published: 2004
Genres: Biography (LDS perspective)
Rating: 3
Summary
The leading personalities of his century would draw upon all their resources to stop him, from the brilliant Sir Thomas Moore to King Henry VIII; from Charles V, ruler of half of Europe, to the Pope. Both church and state hunted him relentlessly--at a time when the church held power over both soul and body and could condemn the heretic to execution by fire. His name was William Tyndale. His crime? Translating the words of the Bible into the "vulgar" English tongue.
Review
The biographical information is interesting. Tyndale was obviously a gifted linguist with a passion for translating the Bible into English. Much of his work was the precursor to today's King James Version of the Bible. However, this biography could have been more concise, better organized, and less repetitious.
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