The King's Witch Quotes

“There is no mystery in illness. Every sickness betrays an outward sign – often more than one. The clues are there for you to observe. The closer you watch, the more likely you are to find a cure.”
― Tracy Borman, The King's Witch

“Thomas Elyot’s celebrated treatise, The Castle of Health, which he had written for the old queen’s father. Even though the author was not an authority on the plants and herbs that were the bedrock of Frances’s art, she had learned a great deal about the healing properties of various foods, and of the importance of regular and prolonged sleep. She was only too glad to surrender to that now. Stretching luxuriously, she felt the soft grass brush against the soles of her feet. Her red leather pantofles lay discarded some distance away, along with her linen coif. She had unpinned her hair from the intricately braided bun that Ellen had spent some considerable time on that morning, expertly weaving the”
― Tracy Borman, The King's Witch