"How could it start so well, in such wealth and glory as it did, and end in hardship and loneliness like this?"
Amy, Autumn 1558, page 3

"What I don't know is how to make a solid Roman Catholic Church Crown a Protestant Princess."
William Cecil, Winter 1558-59, page 43

"Elizabeth would never marry against policy, whatever her desires."
Robert, Spring 1559, page 117

"He had thought that she could be a loyal and effective partner in the rise of his family to greatness. He did not realise that she would always be the contented daughter of Sir John Robsart."
Robert, Spring 1559, page 137

"'Grandeur!'...'Are you still running after grandeur? Will you never learn your lesson?'"
Amy, Summer 1559, page 187

"I have failed in my love of my husband, I have set my judgement above his."
Amy, Summer 1559, page 231

"'I am your friend for life, I am your lover forever, I am...