“William the Conqueror, it is said, began by eating a mouthful of English sand.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life...but 1932 the… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Tom Hanks, who starred in 'The Da Vinci Code,' turns out to be related to a number of the historic characters that… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a… — Celia Imrie Copy Share Image
When William the Conqueror commissioned a great survey of his English realm at Gloucester in 1085, the result was a work so… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Being dead will be no different from being unborn -- I shall be just as I was in the time of William… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It's like saying that two and two equals four, but if you wish to believe it, it could also be five ...… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a… — David Sax Copy Share Image
Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride… — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
“Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“The approach to Earth of Halley’s Comet in the year 66 is the probable explanation of the account by Josephus of a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“Indeed, if you look around you on a bus or in a park or cafe or any crowded place, most of the… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Neofeudalism: Much as warlords seized land in the Norman Conquest and levied rent on subject populations (starting with the Domesday Book, the… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
