Byrne, Muriel St Clare and Boland, Bridget (eds) — The Lisle Letters An Abridgement.

Secker & Warburg, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, Foreword by Hugh Trevor Roper. A heavy book of 436pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket is a very little rubbed to the top edge. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. An abridgement of the 6 volume original editon of the letters, giving an account of family life in Tudor England from 1533 to 1540 in the household of Arthur Plantagenent, Lord Lisle, the Governor of Calais, against the background of intrigue and politics at the court of Henry VIII which led to Lord Lisle's trial for treason... Fine /Very Good.