St Thomas's Eve Author:Jean Plaidy;Victoria Holt Jean Plaidy's robust historical novels of Tudor England, and in particular of the turbulent court of King Henry VIII, have enthralled readers for nearly twenty years. — St. Thomas's Eve is a beautifully conceived story of Sir Thomas More-scholar, Chancellor of England, man of integrity-who was snatched fron the peaceful life of his family home in... more » Chelsea, to die on the scaffold as the price of his opposition to the wild desires of his King.« less