"'I have it! I am to be it! I shall be Queen of England. I have slipped my jesses like a free falcon, and I shall fly away.'" Pg. 17

"Now, let me see, what do I have?" Pg. 10

"Thousands of mothers saw their sons march out to protect the shrines, the holyplaces, the roadside statues, the monasteries and the churches; and thousands of sons never came home again. The king will decide what is faith and what is heresy; it is not for the people to say In this new and dangerous world it is not even for the church to say. The king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of God now." Pg. 31

"I can hear the roar of the feasting court from the hall as we walk toward it, serving men with great jugs of wine and platters...