Alison Weir Quotes

If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by

I waste so much time sleeping. And time is of all losses the most irrecuperable, for it can never be redeemed.

Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found that she was expected to be no more than a decorative asset to her husband, the mother of his heirs and the arbiter of good taste and modesty.

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 are clearly the enemies of your crown and the disturbers of your realm.

But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?