In a one-volume abridgement, these sixteenth-century letters paint a magnificent portrait of family life amidst the intrigue, terror, and politics of the court of Henry VIII. The culmination of Lord Lisle's imprisonment in the Tower of London.
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Superb Primary Source of info on Tudor society,
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This review is from: The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement (Hardcover)
This isn't for everyone. Arthur Plantagenet, Baron Lisle, Henry VIII's maternal uncle and the illegitimate son of Edward IV, became governor of Calais, the hotly contested final British stronghold on French soil, in his old age. It was a time of social unrest and the perilous birth of Protestantism. He was accused of treason, and his letters were subpoenaed. Thus, they survive to this day. Muriel St. Clare Byrne edited them into six volumes that tell a narrative tale and paint a genuine portrait of a highly placed Tudor family stuck in turbulent times. Fortunately, there is this one-book abridgement for those of us who don't quite have the stamina to read the whole six volumes. This can be a difficult read, as you would expect. Some of the legal and real estate squabbles are obscure. On the other hand they involve people like John Dudley, father of Robin, who also turns out to be Plantagenet-Lisle's stepson, and Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane. (Both these men, incidentally, become Lord Protector during Edward VI's reign.) And it's fascinating to read genuine letters written by the administrative power, Thomas Cromwell, who is probably the best writer of the lot, though clearly very calculating and political. We also watch as two of Arthur's stepdaughters, through his second marriage to Honor Basset, are forced to vie for positions as ladies-in-waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn, his stepson James Bassett vies to get into the college of Navarre so that he'll be hobnobbing with Princes, future Kings and Cardinals, and a perfectly ordinary courtship between his sister Mary and the son of a French business partner goes sour because of the Reformation. Meanwhile the daily routine of ordinary life shows through with everyone throwing gloves and lace and coats and animals, some as pets, some to eat, at each other, and describing the various states of lands--that they're fighting over, live on, or are absent from. Different readers will get different things out of the wealth of material here. Though everyone will learn a little bit more about why Cardinal Reginald Pole was so important to the machinations of Tudor times. There's even a nice picture of him.
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Letters from Grandfather: The L'isle letters,
This review is from: The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement (Hardcover)
As a direct descendant of Arthur Plantagenet, via his daughter Frances, I look forward to reading the intimate thoughts of my 12X Great-grandfather, Grand-mother and my other kin and their associates.
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most bounden during life, most hearty recommendations, anne basset, lady your bedfellow, pleaseth your good lordship, singular good lady, good ladyship, gentlewoman your daughter, mine own good lord, right hearty recommendations, xxiijth day, ffrom london, most humble recommendations, pleaseth your lordship, lordship long life, xjth day, vjth day, right hearty commendations, xiiijth day, xviijth day, good lady your wife, xijth day, humblest wise, singular good lord, send your ladyship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Thomas, Madame de Bours, John Basset, Anne Boleyn, Lord Daubeney, Mary Basset, Lady Rutland, Almighty God, Madame de Riou, Sir John Bonde, Jane Basset, Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Pole, Sir Francis Bryan, Lord Admiral, Lord Beauchamp, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pont de Remy, Sir John Dudley, Lady Sussex, Sir John Wallop, Thomas Crumwell, Arthur Plantagenet, George Basset, King's Council New!
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Those who delight in being lured backwards through time by their sense of the past very quickly become aware of two dominant themes - the way things change, the way things do not change. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most bounden during life, most hearty recommendations, anne basset, lady your bedfellow, pleaseth your good lordship, singular good lady, good ladyship, gentlewoman your daughter, mine own good lord, right hearty recommendations, xxiijth day, ffrom london, most humble recommendations, pleaseth your lordship, lordship long life, xjth day, vjth day, right hearty commendations, xiiijth day, xviijth day, good lady your wife, xijth day, humblest wise, singular good lord, send your ladyship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Thomas, Madame de Bours, John Basset, Anne Boleyn, Lord Daubeney, Mary Basset, Lady Rutland, Almighty God, Madame de Riou, Sir John Bonde, Jane Basset, Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Pole, Sir Francis Bryan, Lord Admiral, Lord Beauchamp, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pont de Remy, Sir John Dudley, Lady Sussex, Sir John Wallop, Thomas Crumwell, Arthur Plantagenet, George Basset, King's Council New!
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- The Lisle Letters (Six Volume Set) by Muriel St. Clare Byrne in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Paston Letters by James Gairdner in Front Matter
- Book of Common Prayer (1979, Personal Size Economy, Black) by The Episcopal Church on page 73
- War and Peace (Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy in Front Matter
- Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, Volume III: The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura. by David T. King on page 369
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- A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 1, The University to 1546 by Damian Riehl Leader on page 331, and Back Matter
- Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History by Robert Bucholz in Back Matter
- Erotic Politics : The Dynamics of Desire on the English Renaissance Stage by Susan Zimmerman on page 38
- A Natural History of Human Emotions by Stuart Walton in Back Matter
- Religious Identities In Henry VIII's England (St. Andrew's Studies in Reformation History) (St. Andrew's Studies in Reformation History) by Peter Marshall on page 234
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