Wars of the roses Quotes

“This is Shakespeare and Company, it's the most famous bookstore in the world." She pointed to the shelves that reached the ceiling. "Surely you have something on the feudal system or the court of the Sun King?""All our books are in English, and there is not a great demand for works on the French aristocracy.""That's the problem with Americans, they're only interested in themselves," she sighed. "I learned about the Civil War every year from the fifth grade, but I never studied the Wars of the Roses.”

“As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.”

“Here was a king who saw his subjects as peers and allies around whom he had growing up rather than semi-alien entities to be suspected and persecuted.”

“He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.”

“The king's "only interest in government was a pious but simpleminded desire for reproachment”

“Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally.”

“He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.”