Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All

by Candace Fleming

For if given the choice, people will believe the worst of you, not the best.”

“What is a king without illusion? The illusion of limitless wealth? Of absolute power? Illusion is all that keeps his people in check and his enemies at bay. Wives disappoint. Sons die. Allies become foes. Illusion is a king’s only true friend.”

“By changing a life, just one life, you can change the world. It is the only way anyone ever has.”

Maybe one day, the world will change so radically that girls will not need freeing.

When someone says “You wouldn’t understand,” what they really mean is “We don’t want you to know.”