Chretien speaking to Dominic:'Magda is no ordinary young woman. There is a blood price on her head way beyond that upon any Cathar, indeed way beyond mine. I advise you most strongly to think with you...
Alienor raised her eyebrows. I can see straight through your ruse, she said. Even if it is not plain on your face, Aimery de Niort is giving the game away. She glanced toward the young knight who was...
Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They had been born to be pieces on a board, but whether pawns or queens depended on the...
It was easier to be angry than to examine why
Within her the core of rebellion hardened. She would dress as she chose, because clothes and appearance were part of a woman’s armor in this world
The language of power was exercised in more than just words. It was presence and thought; it was gesture and timing.
That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford to pay, but that applies to winning as well.
She had become an expert at wearing masks, so much so that sometimes it was difficult to find her true self beneath the layers:
No use wishing to be like other folks,' the maid said shrewdly. 'You have to learn to live at peace within your own skin.
She crossed herself and gazed at the windows, shedding rainbow colours on the chapel's stone floor. The light from these windows shone just the same as it had when Harry was alive; that had not change...
In the Middle Ages it was a given that all animals and birds had a name relating to their kind. All cats, for example, were either Gylbert or Tybald (hence Tibbles); all sparrows were Philip. All redb...