Quotes by : Alison Weir

In the South of England northerners were regarded then as uncouth, brutish, undisciplined savages .......

If silences could be pregnant, then this one went to full term.

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....

His handsome face is suffused with rage. He stands before me shaking, then to my disgust, bursts into....

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,....

I prefer to be left alone with my books.

Often, little brother, there is no smoke without fire.

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