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Alison Weir quotes: The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York,

The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York,

Alison Weir quotes: Each man was born to his degree, and a happy man was one who did not question his place in life.

Each man was born to his degree, and a happy man was one who did not question his place in life.

Alison Weir quotes: She had already decided that, when she grew up, she was going to do whatever she pleased and not let anyone order her about.

She had already decided that, when she grew up, she was going to do whatever she pleased and not let anyone order her about.

Alison Weir quotes: Be well advised what ye put in his head, for ye shall never pull it out again.

Be well advised what ye put in his head, for ye shall never pull it out again.

Alison Weir quotes: Men, however, were encouraged to sow their wild oats, but a woman who did so became a social outcast and ruined her chances of making a good marriage.

Men, however, were encouraged to sow their wild oats, but a woman who did so became a social outcast and ruined her chances of making a good marriage.

Alison Weir quotes: Until quite recently women's histories were largely overlooked but in the wake of feminism there has been increasing interest in retrieving them.

Until quite recently women's histories were largely overlooked but in the wake of feminism there has been increasing interest in retrieving them.

Alison Weir quotes: I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.

I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.

Alison Weir quotes: I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.

I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.

Alison Weir quotes: Large and excellent joints, the delicacies and cleanliness customary in Italy were wanting

Large and excellent joints, the delicacies and cleanliness customary in Italy were wanting

Alison Weir quotes: If only the Fates had granted him a longer stay in this

If only the Fates had granted him a longer stay in this

Alison Weir quotes: I must bear it well as I may. As my sainted mother used to say, we never come to the kingdom of Heaven but by troubles.

I must bear it well as I may. As my sainted mother used to say, we never come to the kingdom of Heaven but by troubles.

Alison Weir quotes: ... only one man could have been responsible for their deaths: Richard III.

... only one man could have been responsible for their deaths: Richard III.

Alison Weir quotes: If silences could be pregnant, then this one went to full term.

If silences could be pregnant, then this one went to full term.

Alison Weir quotes: 7. CCR; Robert of Reading; Murimuth; Dugdale, Monasticon; Annales

7. CCR; Robert of Reading; Murimuth; Dugdale, Monasticon; Annales

Alison Weir quotes: There are too many Dudleys already in this world

There are too many Dudleys already in this world

Alison Weir quotes: My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.

My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.

Alison Weir quotes: In the South of England northerners were regarded then as uncouth, brutish, undisciplined savages ...

In the South of England northerners were regarded then as uncouth, brutish, undisciplined savages ...

Alison Weir quotes: Kat embraced her, concealing her dismay as best she could. For these few months, fraught as they were, Elizabeth had been entirely hers again.

Kat embraced her, concealing her dismay as best she could. For these few months, fraught as they were, Elizabeth had been entirely hers again.

Alison Weir quotes: Some of my subjects do not know what is good for them,

Some of my subjects do not know what is good for them,

Alison Weir quotes: But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?

But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?

Alison Weir quotes: When these with violence were burned to death,We wished for our Elizabeth.

When these with violence were burned to death,
We wished for our Elizabeth.

Alison Weir quotes: 'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history!

'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history!

Alison Weir quotes: Often, little brother, there is no smoke without fire.

Often, little brother, there is no smoke without fire.

Alison Weir quotes: They inhabited a lost world of splendour and brutality, a world dominated by religious change, in which there were few saints.

They inhabited a lost world of splendour and brutality, a world dominated by religious change, in which there were few saints.

Alison Weir quotes: Again, she may have made the equation that sexual involvement was inextricably linked with death.

Again, she may have made the equation that sexual involvement was inextricably linked with death.

Alison Weir quotes: A king was the Lord's anointed, hallowed at his coronation with holy oil.

A king was the Lord's anointed, hallowed at his coronation with holy oil.

Alison Weir quotes: You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none

You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none

Alison Weir quotes: I prefer to be left alone with my books.

I prefer to be left alone with my books.

Alison Weir quotes: If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by

If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by

Alison Weir quotes: I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might

I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might

Alison Weir quotes: What she loved was being admired, being wanted, being pursued - but she did not think she wanted ever to be caught.

What she loved was being admired, being wanted, being pursued - but she did not think she wanted ever to be caught.

Alison Weir quotes: between Scylla and Charybdis,

between Scylla and Charybdis,

Alison Weir quotes: History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.

History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.

Alison Weir quotes: I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.

I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.

Alison Weir quotes: An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault.

An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault.