The Secret World of Christoval Alvarez Quotes

“You haven’t seen the mistress of the wardrobe. Twice the size of Master Burbage, with a fist like a bare-knuckle boxer.’ ‘Yet she made these?’ I gestured toward the costumes, which – for all their fakery – were exquisite. ‘She did. You cannot judge anyone in the theatre by their outward appearance, though outward appearance can be a help, if you want to play heroes, or comics.’ ‘Or dainty maidens?’ ‘Or dainty maidens indeed.’ I laughed. ‘And”
― Ann Swinfen, The Secret World of Christoval Alvarez

“I urged him forward, he broke into a slow canter, as smooth and graceful as the noblest of the Queen’s stallions, quite at odds with his ugly appearance.”
― Ann Swinfen, The Secret World of Christoval Alvarez

“It was thus that I, a Jewish girl in fear for her life, came to work for Thomas Phelippes, chief cryptographer and spymaster under Sir Francis Walsingham.”
― Ann Swinfen, The Secret World of Christoval Alvarez