“You asked what the Londoners wanted of you, and he…he said ‘ballocks.” — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Well, dearest, what would you tell a farmer who had an over-abundant harvest? To plant less, of course!"... "I am not complaining… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“The scene in the great hall was a raucous one, a cheerful mélange of knights, minstrels, servants, disreputable-looking women, and dogs, who… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“I know you do not care much for such revelries, but trust me—this one you will enjoy, Harry. You and I will… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“It was a basic tenet of faith with men of Ranulf’s class that a knight, trained in the ways of war since… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“The last time Ranulf had run into Sulien, the older man had called him a misbegotten English Judas and spat onto the… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“All he wanted was enough time to consider all his options without being dragged into his household’s petty squabbles or being nagged… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Geoffrey looked startled to see both his great-uncles bearing down upon him with such haste; he hadn’t realized men their age could… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Outside, the sky was clear, stars gleaming in its ebony vastness like celestial fireflies. It was bitterly cold, and Hywel's every breath trailed after… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“He'd never seen one so vibrant, though, or so vividly compelling... those glowing green eyes sparkling with sunlight and curiosity and silent laughter, and… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“We've schemed and fought and loved until we are so entangled in hearts and minds that there is no way to set us free.… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“You seem to forget, Dickon, that we are dealing with the Spider King. Louis realized, just as you have, that it would take more… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“I asked Simon if he’d ever feared that all our struggles, all our suffering might be in vain. Not a priest’s question, and he… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling in the… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“I once came upon a definition of history as ‘the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods’. That is particularly true… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the road. — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Otherwise, I’d like nothing better than…conversing with you. You’re such a deep, penetrating conversationalist, after all,” — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Richard grinned, very pleased with himself for having found a way to honor his mother, thwart his father, and serve God, while having a… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I was actually born in New York City, but my family moved to Atlantic City when I was five, this being my dad's home… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
