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> [“After several years of struggle to bring the country to subjection, during which Henry had to keep armies in the field at ruinous cost, his rosy dreams of affluence changed to despair. He was close to the brink of bankruptcy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/after-several-years-of-struggle-to-bring-the-country-to-subjection/)

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## More by Thomas B. Costain

> [“Do you agree that we should order them back into the house and then scatter these watchers an send them home? If they refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/do-you-agree-that-we-should-order-them-back-into-the-house-and-then/)

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> [“The counts of Anjou and their lovely, but wicked wives gained such an unsavory reputation over the centuries that the people of England were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/the-counts-of-anjou-and-their-lovely-but-wicked-wives-gained-such-an/)

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> [“When is this old moneybags doing to give up and die as any decent man would do? I am tired of standing at his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/when-is-this-old-moneybags-doing-to-give-up-and-die-as-any-decent-man/)

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> [“feeble and so I lay this command on you, that you finish your task as soon as possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/feeble-and-so-i-lay-this-command-on-you-that-you-finish-your-task-as/)

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> [“You have the chance of a lifetime and your ready to throw it away because their's a crack in your skull.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/you-have-the-chance-of-a-lifetime-and-your-ready-to-throw-it-away/)

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> [“History pays no heed to the unspectacular citizen who worked hard all day and walked at night to a humble home with dust on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/history-pays-no-heed-to-the-unspectacular-citizen-who-worked-hard-all/)

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> [“It is well to pray when the troubles perch and your pillow is cheated of sleep. It is well at all times, even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/it-is-well-to-pray-when-the-troubles-perch-and-your-pillow-is-cheated/)

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> [“After several years of struggle to bring the country to subjection, during which Henry had to keep armies in the field at ruinous cost,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/after-several-years-of-struggle-to-bring-the-country-to-subjection/)

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> [“The Angevin country begins between Normandy and Brittainy and continues down through Maine and Anjou. In the Middle Ages, this fair and romantic land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/the-angevin-country-begins-between-normandy-and-brittainy-and/)

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> [“The demands for vengeance, short of death, however, were so insistent that the wise counsels of Edward, the giver of victory, were swept aside.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/the-demands-for-vengeance-short-of-death-however-were-so-insistent/)

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> [“Adam was snoring vigorously, Luke with dignity and serenity, the servants like a full orchestra..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-costain/adam-was-snoring-vigorously-luke-with-dignity-and-serenity-the/)

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