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Muriel St. Clare Byrne (1895–1983)

Author of The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement

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Works by Muriel St. Clare Byrne

The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement (1981) — Editor — 234 copies
The Elizabethan home (1925) — Editor — 16 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 06 — Editor — 3 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 01 — Editor — 2 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 03 — Editor — 2 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 04 — Editor — 2 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 05 — Editor — 2 copies
The Lisle Letters, Volume 02 — Editor — 2 copies

Associated Works

2 Plays: Henry VIII; King John (1986) — Criticism, some editions — 137 copies
Elizabethan Zoo: Book of Beasts Both Fabulous and Authentic (1926) — Editor, some editions — 42 copies
The Lisle Letters (Six Volume Set) (1981) — Editor — 19 copies
Oxford Poetry 1917 (1918) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Canonical name
St. Clare Byrne, Muriel
Birthdate
1895
Date of death
1983
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
Occupations
historical researcher, specializing in the Tudor period and the reign of Henry VIII of England
Relationships
Sayers, Dorothy (friend), who based a novel on a play of which St Clare Byrne was a co-author
Short biography
'Her mother was Artemisia Desdemona Burtner (1868-1923) from Muscatine, Iowa, USA.' (from Wikipedia)

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A little hard to read, because o the flowery language of the time, but these are the letters to and from Arthur Plantagenet, who was made Lord Lisle by Henry VIII, his nephew. Arthur is my direct ancestor so I was very interested in this book. Great little treasure!
 
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Librarynymph | 1 other review | Feb 20, 2009 |
This is the text of two 16th century "how to learn French" manuals, in the form of dialogues, rather like the old Alliance Française lessons we used to do. The one about the lady getting dressed in the morning is a riot. Since their objective is teaching a foreign language, the dialogues are a bit artificial, but you can glean a great deal of information about daily life in the late 16th century from them.
 
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staffordcastle | Aug 4, 2007 |
Viscount Lisle was governor of Calais under Henry VIII. He and his wife kept many of the letters they received, which were fortunately preserved. Interesting details of life in the early 16th century can be gleamed from the letters. Apparently quail were a very popular gift/bribe. This edition is a selection of letters with commentary from the editor.
 
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casamoomba | 1 other review | Nov 9, 2005 |

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