“ Matilda managed to present William with ten children, which she probably could not have done had she been just over four feet tall. Alison Weir
“ Former Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson also opposed Zionism. Acheson‘s biographer writes that Acheson worried that the West would pay a high price for Israel. Another author, John Mulhall, record… Alison Weir
“ At Sandwich, in 1579, she paid the magistrates’ wives a great compliment when, without employing a food taster, she sampled some of the 160 dishes they had prepared for her and even ordered some to be… Alison Weir
“ An organization which has the aims we have must be anonymous, must work silently,[52] and through education and infection rather than through force and noise. Alison Weir
“ A royal bride could come to enjoy considerable power and influence, as did both Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Yet such status and power emanated solely from her husband. She enjoyed no freedoms… Alison Weir
“ What she loved was being admired, being wanted, being pursued—but she did not think she wanted ever to be caught. Alison Weir
“ Virgil had no difficulty in believing that God has visited the sins of Henry IV upon his descendant, Henry VI, yet he did not explain how this was to be reconciled with the triumphant career of Henry… Alison Weir
“ It did not do to give your heart to a man so entirely, she thought. Men did not value what they came by easily. Once you loved, you laid yourself open to pain. Alison Weir
“ The U.S. connection to Israel as one of the most critical issues in the world today, and one of the most urgent for Americans to understand. The Alison Weir
“ Since mediaeval times, the King had been seen as two bodies in one: a mortal entity and the King’s person, representing unending royal authority; monarchs therefore referred to themselves in the plura… Alison Weir
“ She was not so forbearing when it came to bad breath. After receiving one French envoy, she exclaimed, ‘Good God! What shall I do if this man stay here, for I smell him an hour after he has gone!’ Her… Alison Weir
“ It is too dangerous to meddle in the marriage of princes,' he muttered as he withdrew. Arundel made a joke at his expense, saying 'He lost his post as Chancellor that day, for the Queen had usurped it… Alison Weir
“ I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me… Alison Weir
“ But Anne was asking herself why being queen mattered so much, when the chance for true love was hers for the seizing. And always she came back to the argument that the crown was hers for the seizing t… Alison Weir
“ Only during courtship might a woman briefly gain the upper hand, as both Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour did, but woe betide her if she did not quickly learn to conform once the wedding-ring was on her f… Alison Weir
“ Life was good, and already she understood that to be aware of happiness when you were actually feeling it, and not just in retrospect, was to be happy indeed. Alison Weir
“ If a ruler suffers subjects to be ill-educated, and then punishes them for crimes they commit in their ignorance, what else can we conclude but that he first makes thieves and then punishes them! Alison Weir
“ Large and excellent joints, the delicacies and cleanliness customary in Italy were wanting Alison Weir
