Description

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Enduring lessons for leaders of any era

Utopia is Thomas More's seminal work describing the classic idea of a "people's commonwealth". Considered an important work for anyone holding or aspiring to a leadership role, this story set the bar for a broad range fields, providing the societal model for both real and fictional settings. Although written in 1516 during the Reformation, its lessons retain great value today -- while the word "utopia" itself has become a shorthand for "unrealistic", the actual framework described in the book presents a far more practical vision.

About the Author

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Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from 1529 to 1532. H. V. S. Ogden is the author of Utopia, published by Wiley.