T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 03/18/1964
ISBN: 9780156632775
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.50w x 0.28d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 76258 / Murder in the Cathedral
Reading Level: 8.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 3