The Last Tudor Quotes

“Learn you to die!” means consider how your death is meaningful, as your life is meaningful.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“You don’t get to be a favorite at a tyrant’s court without beheading your principles every day.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“And I think, if nothing else, I can deny Elizabeth the victory of the death of all her cousins...and I think I am damned if I am going to spare Elizabeth the problem of dealing with three surviving heirs. I am Jane Grey's sister - they are calling her the first Protestant Martyr - I am not going to slip away in silence; she did not. "Learn you to die!" does not mean lie down like Jo the pug, with your paw over your nose, and give up. "Learn you to die!" means consider how your death is meaningful, as your life is meaningful.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“never have imagined that she would imprison a woman about to give birth for doing nothing worse than marrying the young man she loves.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“The one thing that Jane’s death should teach us is that life is precious and every day is a gift that we should treasure.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“He has such kind eyes.” “Certainly he has eyes, but they do not have the power of emotion, only of sight.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“mumchance,”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“hagridden”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“counsels. “And never tell anyone that you spoke to me. And be sure that I will never confess it.” “Dear”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“was in correspondence with their religious”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“time of waiting,”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“We wind our way past Tower Hill and the scaffold that stands there, where my father ended his life, and I bow my head to his memory, and remember his hopeless struggle against Queen Mary. I think how glad he would be to see one daughter, at least, riding from the Tower to freedom, her baby beside her and her noble husband and heir following behind. It’s bitter for me to think of him, and the death that he brought on Jane,”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor

“comes with me everywhere. I bend down and quietly put her out of the room. She whines and”
― Philippa Gregory, The Last Tudor