In many ways rightly considered the definitive biography of William Tyndale, this reader could still have hoped for something a bit more neutral in tone and dense in detail. Daniell is the pre-eminent Tyndale scholar and this contribution to that study is immense. It is clear, however, that Daniell approaches Tyndale as almost a mythic hero figure, and assigns all his (many) enemies an equally almost mythic evilness. Tyndale was undoubtedly a great scholar and man of integrity and faith. Daniell does not need to fawn quite so strongly over Tyndale for that picture to be painted.

The details Daniell pulls together in various places are important for the study of Tyndale, but do bog down the text at times. I have certainly read worse, but I have read better.

All-in-all, for anyone seriously interested in Tyndale, this is a must-read.