Books Quote by Alison Weir

Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently…

— Natalie Dormer

History has done a great disservice to Anne Boleyn.

— Claire Foy

“For poor taste in husbands, her judgment rivaled Anne Boleyn's.”

— Meredith Duran

I think the thing about Anne Boleyn is there is an exotic quality to her. This is a woman who wasn’t raised in the…

— Natalie Dormer

When the Church obtained the direction of the civil power, she soon modified or abandoned the tolerant maxims she had formerly inculcated; and, in…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists…

— Jane Austen

Anne of Austria (with great submission to a Crowned Head do I say it) was a B----. She had spirit and courage without parts,…

— Anonymous

“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the…

— James Madison

“When I was first at court and he was the young husband of a beautiful wife, he was a golden king. They called him…

— Philippa Gregory

“For indeed, the Church is divinely constituted and lives by her own right, not by privilege. Who ever would have granted her such a…

— Louis Veuillot

It didn't seem to have relevance, except in Central America or South America, countries where the church was connected to the fight of the…

— Susan Sarandon

“In editing a volume of Washington 's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications that this…

— Moncure D. Conway