Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring th…

Philippa Gregory
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Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse than live to the beat of her own heart, see with her own eyes; but this is not their tempo nor their vision and they cannot tolerate any other. ✨ Philippa Gregory (2013). The Lady of the Rivers, p.156, Simon and Schuster
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