Books Quote by Sandra Gulland

In France, and at the most important period of our history, Catherine de' Medici has suffered more from popular error than any other woman,…

— Honoré De Balzac

Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the…

— Jane Austen

“Only Catherine has the capacity to change and mature, although here...our heroine pays a dear price for this change. And she does take a…

— Azar Nafisi

“Mary was surrounded in her childhood by powerful women: the French Queen Catherine de Medici; the King’s lover, advisor and friend, Diane de Poitiers;…

— Jane Dunn

“Catherine’s motto could well have been that genius is a long patience. With the successive reigns of her sons came her chance to show…

— Jane Dunn

“In the first place, his startling likeness to Catherine, connected him fearfully with her. That, however, which you may suppose the most potent to…

— Emily Brontë

“To be disgraced in the eye of the world, to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity, her actions all…

— Jane Austen

Beautiful Lies is a book every woman should read. Jennifer Strickland weaves the powerful story of her life throughout each chapter while emphasizing transformational…

— Carol Kent

“It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. Allen, that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions…

— Jane Austen

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding themselves, their…

— Sarah MacLean

“Catherine, who was extremely modest, had no desire to shine, and on most social occasions, as they are called, you would have found her…

— Henry James

“It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. Allen, that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions…

— Jane Austen