Most of the version of Tudor history we know is through the eyes of Henry VIII. — Charlotte Hope Copy Share Image
If you work as a curator, as I do, at Hampton Court, you sometimes wonder if there might be more to life… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Anyone can play Henry VIII. I mean, even Robert Shaw... has played it. — Richard Burton Copy Share Image
“Ella yace en el suelo junto a mí...pero fuimos como dos mariposas nocturnas atraídas a la llama y quemadas.” — Anne Boleyn Copy Share Image
I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been Henry VIII; I would have been big and fat and no one would have cared. — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“He embraced me before them all, and he cried: 'Let every man favor his own doctor. This Dr. Colet is the doctor… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
We have far too many Tudors. Henry VIII is far too over-rated. He's become the ultimate brand name, like the Marks &… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry,… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“many of those still loyal to the Roman Catholic Church regarded her as Henry VIII’s only legitimate child since they considered his… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
“ I am pleased to enclose my mother's recipe for Maids-of-Honor. She made beautiful pastry, such a light touch, and this was… — Caroline Scott Copy Share Image
“In order not to make a liar out of Henry or Katherine, one or the other, the committee men think up circumstances… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“It’s not his friendship I miss,’ Elizabeth said bluntly. ‘It’s him. The very person of him. His presence. I want his shadow… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“While Henry VIII is widely credited with founding the Church of England, and thus establishing the Protestant faith in England, Henry was… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Villains are usually the worst casuists, and rush into crimes to avoid less. Henry VIII. committed murder to avoid the imputation of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“So now get up.' Felled, dazed, silent, he has fallen; knocked full length on the cobbles of the yard. His head turns… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Admit that the press transferred the pontificate of Rome to Henry VIII-Admit that the press demolished in some sort the feudal system,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
“This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Jane would be the next queen and her children, when she had them, would be the next princes or princesses. Or she… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Henry VIII, for example, who was king of England from 1509 to 1547, ended his days surrounded by a great many young… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“a leading humanist scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of Lord Chancellor from 1529 to 1532. More coined the word… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
“Dželat mi prilazi i kaže: "Spustite glavu na panj i raširite ruke kad budete spremni, gospo." Poslušno spuštam ruke na panj i… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to impress you,” he replied, glancing up at the front of the room. “Gads,” he said, blinking in surprise.… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
