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Matilda’s innate qualities made her a queen contemporaries could respect. 'Successes did not make her happy, nor did troubles make her sad. Troubles brought a smile to her, successes fear. Beauty did not produce weakness in her, nor power pride; she alone was both powerful and humble, both beautiful and chaste.
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― Queens of the Conquest
― Queens of the Conquest
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Aim to read one book on every King and Queen since 1066
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