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.”

Beware the quiet ones, my mother always said. They are the greatest deceivers of all.”

No love exists without pain.

How can the moments of a life last forever, while the years go by in a heartbeat?

Oh, how I prefer the honest violence of men, who will bash in another man’s skull and be done, to the thousand shallow cuts of women’s malice.

“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.”

“Memory is a high palace containing many rooms. Some of the doors we rush to open; others we lock forever,”

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