“You hate him like a scorpion. And why? Because he would not satisfy your ambition and make you pope by force.”
More from Michael Hirst
“Without knowledge, life is not worth having.”
“I have come here to die. I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpeper. Life…”
“One day I shall lie beside you again, I promise and we shall sleep together for eternity.”
“Your Majesty's life is far too precious to be put at risk against such a common rabble. Of…”