William The Conqueror Quotes

“Exeter was a walled city and on his arrival William found the rebels manning the whole circuit of its ramparts. In a final attempt to induce a surrender he ordered one of the hostages to be blinded in view of the walls, but, says Orderic, this merely strengthened the determination of the defenders. Indeed, according to William of Malmesbury, one of them staged something of a counter-demonstration by dropping his trousers and farting loudly in the king’s general direction.”
― Marc Morris, The Norman Conquest

“Raoul felt suddenly impatient. 'Heart of a man, if the Lady Elfrida will trust herself to me I will have her in spite of every customary usage!'
'There spoke the Norman,' Edgar said softly. 'Marauding, grasping, marking his prey!”
― Georgette Heyer, The Conqueror

“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a practice many of his countrymen seem to continue to this day.”
― David Sax, The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue

“Don’t forget young Chester, ‘The past is a foreign country’, but boarding school will be another world, my boy!”
― M.J. Colewood

“Charles and Diana are riding the Joy Ride each year.”
― Petra Hermans, Voor een betere wereld