This building fool could only be Bess of Hardwicke, a woman whose name is seldom seen in print without the word “redoubtable” in front of it. I wondered if anyone ever called her redoubtable to her face. I redoubted it.
JoAnn SpearsTag: historical-fiction tudors women-s-humor bess-of-hardwicke six-of-one-by-joann-spears
How easy it is to do wrong when there is someone else to blame.
Jenny LloydTag: historical-fiction
Megan’s deception is another hook on which I can hang my conscience.
Jenny LloydTag: historical-fiction
It seemed the heavens themselves conspired to cover up our crime.
Jenny LloydTag: historical-fiction
All that I was and the world that was mine are gone forever.
Jenny LloydTag: historical-fiction
Humans will never be in charge of this world, as long as dust and weeds do as they please.
Nancy B. BrewerTag: wisdom historical-fiction poems quotes-to-live-by nancy-b-brewer
It is important for a woman to have the duplicity to make good use of whatever gifts she might have, however valueless they might seem... You have to have the inner strength to pursue your goal, and not care how many enemies you make along the road. It is not easy.
Anne O'BrienTag: historical-fiction alice-perrers joan-of-kent
The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.
Hilary MantelTag: historical-fiction
Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England
Lauren WilligTag: historical-fiction spy bonaparte lauren-willig
You think I started out like this?
Well, I didn't.
I started out like anyone else - young and hopeful. I started out arrogant and in love, assuming the whole dizzy world was where it should be: at my feet. I started out - well, I started out a little like you.
Tag: historical-fiction thriller
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