The work begins with written correspondence between Thomas More and several people he had met on the continent: Peter Gilles, town clerk of Antwerp, and Hieronymus van Busleyden, counselor to Charles V. More chose these letters, which are communications between actual people, to further the plausibility of his fictional land. In the same spirit, these letters also include a specimen of the Utopian alphabet and its poetry. The letters also explain the lack of widespread travel to Utopia; during the first mention of the land, someone had coughed during announcement of the exact longitude and latitude. The first book tells of the traveller Raphael Hythlodaeus, to whom More is introduced in Antwerp, and it also explores the subject of how best to counsel a prince, a popular topic at the time.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	18. mars 2016
ISBN13	9781530603114
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	120
Mål	152 × 229 × 6 mm · 172 g
Språk	Engelsk