Quotes by : Alison Weir

News of the death of James V on 14 December gave even further cause for rejoicing, because his heir was....

After the dedication, Eleanor saw Bernard privately, probably at her own request. He came prepared to....

A husband or wife did not have the right either to demand sex from his or her spouse or to refuse it,....

Until quite recently women's histories were largely overlooked but in the wake of feminism there has....

At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution,....

In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpin....

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

Perhaps the Queen's prayers, and those of Bernard, had been efficacious, or perhaps Louise had been more....

Was I right?" she asked him. "Was I right to make a stand against what I believed to be wrong? Even though....

Arthur managed to speak to his grandmother [Queen Eleanor of England], demanding that she evacuate the....