Toby Green
Thomas More's Magician
A Novel Account of Utopia In Mexico
London 2005
Stron XII+404, format: 13x20 cm
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'A fascinating, moving story ... Green beautifully describes the austere landscapes of Spain and Mexico's water-dripping, flower-twined lushness, a paradise about to be destroyed'
Daily Telegraph
In September 1532, eleven years after the Spanish conquest, Mexico is in meltdown. As the conquistadors discover an earthly paradise, its peoples and their Gods are being destroyed.
Despairing at his surroundings, Vasco de Quiroga forges a commune on Mexico City's outskirts. Indigenous peoples flock there, and soon a new society exists, using Thomas More's recently published book, Utopia, as its blueprint.
Rich with vivid accounts of 16th-century Spain and
Mexico, Thomas More's Magician is not only the fascinating story of Quiroga, but also asks if Utopian dreams are possible.
'A remarkable book ... all the compelling interest of a page-turning novel'
Morning Star
'A good and captivating story of great interest and resonance in the modern world'
Spectator
'A vivid account of this visionary explorer ... Thoughtful and imaginative, Green has borrowed the structure of the Utopian novel to discuss what he sees as the key issue: can utopianism work today' Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times
'A fascinating study of a Utopian project in 16th-century Mexico' Scotland on Sunday
An account rich in history and personalities and an absorbing read' Hamilton Spectator (Ontario)
'[Green] resurrects the undeservedly forgotten story of an honourable, decent and obstinate man's struggle to prove that Utopia could thrive in the real world as well as in the imagination' Nick Rennison, Books Quarterly
A witty exploration of utopianism and its place in modern thought' Scotsman
A ... sincere fusion of satire, history and philosophical inquiry ... the author is a serious scholar with an intuitive sense of how currents of human sorrow course underneath the patina of "history" ' Jean McNeil, Independent
'Green has researched Quirogas extraordinary life as well as anyone could and writes very well' Stephen Smith, Observer
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