Roland Hui
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“Margaret of Anjou. Where Henry VI was meek and mild, Margaret was fiery and fearsome. ‘She spareth no pain’, it was said, ‘to sue her things to an intent and conclusion to her power’.”
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens
“Having had three husbands already, Mary Queen of Scots was ready for a fourth. As she surmised, her hopes lay not in Elizabeth’s promises - which had proved so empty – but on making a new match for herself. The bridegroom she had in mind was England’s premier nobleman, the Duke of Norfolk.”
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens
“While the Lancastrian line drew from King Edward III’s fourth son, John of Gaunt, the House of York sprang from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the third son. Not only that, York also came from a fifth son of the old King.”
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens
― The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens