Muriel St. Clare Byrne
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Muriel St. Clare Byrne, born in 1895 , was a prominent historical researcher, specializing in the reign of Henry VIII of England
. She gathered together and edited primary sources and published these, including the Lisle Letters
, and the Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, as well as publishing books which were entirely her own work, such as Elizabethan Life in Town and Country, Elizabethan Home and Common or Garden Child. A not-unfaithful record.
A friend of Dorothy L. Sayers
, she co-wrote the play upon which Sayers's novel Busman's Honeymoon
was later based.
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
. She gathered together and edited primary sources and published these, including the Lisle Letters
Lisle Letters
The Lisle Letters are the correspondence of Arthur Plantagenet, an illegitimate son of King Edward IV and an uncle of King Henry VIII, and Plantagenet's wife, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle, with several courtiers and friends, including her daughters Anne and Elizabeth...
, and the Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, as well as publishing books which were entirely her own work, such as Elizabethan Life in Town and Country, Elizabethan Home and Common or Garden Child. A not-unfaithful record.
A friend of Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...
, she co-wrote the play upon which Sayers's novel Busman's Honeymoon
Busman's Honeymoon
Busman's Honeymoon is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It is the fourth and last novel to feature Harriet Vane.-Plot introduction:...
was later based.