#historical

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid and the trail has its own stern code. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#historical-fiction

He is not a man wedded to action, Boleyn, but rather a man who stands by, smirking and stroking his beard; he thinks he looks enigmatic, but instead he looks as if he's pleasuring himself. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#humor #historical-fiction

The urge to draw near to the female silhouette resided deep in the ancient center of a man... ↗

— Kelly O'Connor McNees

#historical-fiction

No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe. ↗

— Aaron A.A. Smith

#civil-war #fantasy-fiction #gothic-fiction #historical #historical-fiction

Enjoy the ride! ↗

— Emery Lee

#historical-romance #historical-fiction

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#royals #historical-fiction

All that I was and the world that was mine are gone forever. ↗

— Jenny Lloyd

#historical-fiction

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress. ↗

— Joann Spears

#audrey-hepburn #historical-fiction #tudors #women-s-humor #historical-fiction

Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4 Today 17 October 2012.) ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#henry-viii #historical-fiction #historical-novel #thomas-cromwell #historical-fiction

What is your name, my pet?" "Kitty," she replied. DeVere threw back his head with a guffaw. "Kitty? How delightfully apropos!" His erstwhile companions forgotten, he patted a muscular thigh. "Come then, Kitty, my sweet, little puss. Sit on your master's lap, and I'll stroke you 'till you purr." -A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE ↗

— Victoria Vane

#erotic-romance #historical-romance #historical-romance