Occupation: Author Birth: June 17, 1968
I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them..
I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while."….
Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen..
Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and exq….
I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets,' he said. 'You….
....Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my ver….
I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones..
One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather..
When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, ful….
If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark..
Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it..
If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?.
I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak..
I am sorry " I murmured. "I know. I ought not to have threatened to beat you " he returned. He pressed a kiss to my hair. "I just cannot bear to be k….
Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all..
She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways..
She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the perso….
What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindnes….
After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you contrary and yo….
Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I t….
You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things..