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Mrs. Leighton
Known mainly through a small cluster of retellings and translations, this elusive writer helped bring medieval romance to modern readers. Her best-known work is associated with Fleur and Blanchefleur, a graceful version of a much older legend.
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About the author
Very little biographical information about Mrs. Leighton appears to be firmly documented in the sources available online. She is listed in library and public-domain catalogs under the name "Mrs Leighton," which suggests that this is the form of authorship by which her work has been preserved rather than a fully identified personal name.
She is best known for The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur: A Mediaeval Legend, a retelling or translation of the medieval story of Floire and Blanchefleur. That association has kept her name in circulation through library listings, bookseller records, and Project Gutenberg catalogs.
Because the surviving online record is so thin, it is safest to remember Mrs. Leighton as a lightly documented literary figure whose contribution lies in passing an old romantic tale on to new generations of readers.