“After the dedication, Eleanor saw Bernard privately, probably at her own request. He came prepared to offer more spiritual comfort, thinking that she too might be suffering qualms of conscience over Vitry, but he was surprised to learn that she… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“From whom but the Devil did this advice come under which you are acting? Those who are urging you to repeat your former wrongdoings against an innocent person are seeking in this not your honour but their own convenience. They… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“the weight of evidence ‘cannot convince those who do not wish to believe” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“The King ruled in consultation with his chief nobles, who fromed the nucleus of what was in effect a military aristocracy, whose power was… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“The formal education of women was rarely considered important. Girls of good birth were taught domestic skills at home or in a convent, and… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“This obsession with death and suffering revealed itself in literature, poetry, art, and particularly in sculpture, with the appearance of cadaver tombs with an… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“But I wish you to know that, were I just Edward and you just Jane, I would prefer to marry you. We accord well… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.” — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
