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Charlie Fenton
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‘In the camp, divisions of opinion began to appear. Some said that perhaps, after all, a pardon should be sought; yet another proclamation from the Protector had pardoned all those guilty of ‘riotous assembly’ who made ‘humble submission’. Others said the size of our camp, the possibility of new risings, and the Protector’s obsession with the Scottish war, meant that if we held on, our demands would be met.’
— Jan 04, 2019 06:36PM
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Charlie Fenton
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It has taken me a while to get through this as I have been so busy with university work the last few weeks, but I am determined to finish the last 100 pages before I go to Prague on Sunday. Hate what happened to one of my new favourite characters though.
— Jan 04, 2019 07:50PM
Charlie Fenton
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“You can see from their faces that some at least might have accepted a pardon and redress of wrongs, but now most are enraged.” He added angrily, “Who wrote that damned proclamation?”
I said bitterly, “The Protector, of course, just as he wrote the last one. The fool, he hasn’t the political skills of a rabbit.”
— Jan 04, 2019 07:43PM
I said bitterly, “The Protector, of course, just as he wrote the last one. The fool, he hasn’t the political skills of a rabbit.”
Charlie Fenton
is on page 605 of 865
“When I was growing up, we still had the old Catholic faith, and believe it or not, for a little while I believed I had a vocation. Then all the changes came, and under King Henry we were ordered to believe one thing one year, another the next. And now we have the Protestant radicals. Why should your aunt’s church have the truth of it any more than any of the others?”
— Jan 01, 2019 07:42PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘While many demands looked to the restoration of rights as they had been in the time of old King Henry VII, much was new. I heartily agreed with all of it. But the most radical demand was a prayer to the King to allow the commons a say in choosing local commissioners to implement laws and proclamations’
— Dec 22, 2018 05:09PM
Charlie Fenton
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“What do you think of Captain Kett?”
“I think he’s the most remarkable man I’ve met since Lord Cromwell. He has Cromwell’s force, his negotiating skills - he’s been a local politician and guildsman for years - and his confidence. But none of Cromwell’s cruelty, or bullying. Charisma too, practical organising skills, and from the way he’s shaping this camp, a genuine belief in equality.”
— Dec 20, 2018 07:44PM
“I think he’s the most remarkable man I’ve met since Lord Cromwell. He has Cromwell’s force, his negotiating skills - he’s been a local politician and guildsman for years - and his confidence. But none of Cromwell’s cruelty, or bullying. Charisma too, practical organising skills, and from the way he’s shaping this camp, a genuine belief in equality.”
Charlie Fenton
is on page 374 of 865
“It is we who are loyal to the King and you who milk his lands and ours for your profit.” He shook his head. “You have no idea what is happening, have you? Honest workin’ men are setting up camps all over the country, in Suffolk and Essex, Kent and Oxfordshire. We are sending petitions to the Protector, whose commissioners will soon arrive.”
— Dec 19, 2018 12:47PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘She [Mary] was as I remembered, small and thin yet with an air of iron will, though there were new lines of strain around her small mouth. Her dark auburn hair was covered by a jewelled French hood, and I noticed that her magnificent dress, like the one I had seen her wearing three years before, was embroidered with pomegranates, the emblem of her mother, Catherine of Aragon.’
— Dec 18, 2018 08:06PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘The Lady Elizabeth obviously had the bit firmly between her teeth. She would be making Parry’s life difficult - hence perhaps the tone of his letter. Her final sentence also seemed to carry a veiled warning, that if I was wrong about John Boleyn, the blame might be shifted onto me. Elizabeth, I thought, is becoming a politician.’
— Dec 18, 2018 09:44AM
Charlie Fenton
is on page 296 of 865
“Well, I do not know what the Protector will say about the Last Elizabeth involving herself in scandal. Again. In Mary’s country, too. However,” he picked up the request and tapped it on the desk, “as you will know, all requests for a pardon have to be approved by the judge. Some I do not allow to go forward but, where money and influence are concerned - what can I do?”
— Dec 16, 2018 06:09PM
Charlie Fenton
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“My work in London, helping the solicitors gather evidence, it’s all like rats fighting in a sack. As for the Assize work, I see every day how the legal system only helps those with power. Three days devoted to civil cases, rich litigants spitting against each other, and one day to hear all the criminal cases before hanging day. I’m sick of it.”
— Dec 15, 2018 06:42PM
