The Marriage Game Quotes

“but she doubted the lust had lasted. Amy Robsart was pretty and graceful, but Elizabeth had reason to believe that she lacked the skills to keep a man captivated.”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“Well,”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor,”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“If you could forget that they were two heretics, and that Lord Robert had very likely murdered his wife, they were perfect for each other.”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“Madam, I pray you, be governed by me, or some other wise person. With respect, you are a woman and in need of masculine guidance.”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“All he had wanted, for most of his long reign, was a son to succeed him. For that he had married six times. Would he be proud to see her now, seated in this chair of estate he had once occupied? She hoped so. She”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game

“things had once stood between them. That had gone for ever, she knew, and in its place there was a terrible sense of loss that sometimes threatened to overwhelm”
― Alison Weir, The Marriage Game