Interregnum Quotes

“His personal success, combined with his surfeit of self-confidence and shortage of charm, had multiplied his enemies and soon they began to mobilize against him.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“Taken on his own terms he had an intense integrity rare among rulers; he seldom acted for personal profit and almost always did what he believed to be best for others.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“A year had not changed Monck's view that once you had decided on a course of action, even if with reluctance, it paid to espouse it with enthusiasm.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“Another change which had been brought about by the 1650s and could not be undone was public interest in news, current affairs and political debate.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown