A Vain and Indecent Woman Quotes

“I was twenty-nine years old when I died.

Died; I use the term loosely. I was murdered, but within the dictates of the law and with the full approval of the king, even though he was barely eighteen years at the time.”
― Colin Falconer, A Vain and Indecent Woman

“They call my little Joan the most beautiful woman in all England. Well, every father thinks that about his daughter. That she is special, and prettier. But I never had the opportunity to boast. My name is Edmund of Woodstock and I am the son of a king and the brother of a king and the grandfather of a king.”
― Colin Falconer, A Vain and Indecent Woman