Women had so little power it is amazing what some have managed to do nonetheless. I also wonder if that didn't sometimes play into marrying 'beneath them' - if that didn't perhaps give them just a smigeon of control.
Some later comeuppance there, Henry, asking if an frenemy is fat, since that is one of the things history remembers of him.
Charles may not have been an eloquent writer, but I think I would page through a book of his letters, looking for the good bits!
“After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing after all as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true.” Mr. Spock, TOS.
Henry’s and Francis’ rivalry was a source of many anecdotes, they loathed each other and both were vain so yeah.
I really do wonder how happy Mary was with her chosen husband. Still, it was presumably a happier choice than another foreign marriage which would have kept her away from her country and family. So there is that.
Well, she got what she wanted. It might not have been exactly what she thought, but if she hadn't, she might have spent her life longing for what she didn't have. Which usually leads to unhappiness.
Women had so little power it is amazing what some have managed to do nonetheless. I also wonder if that didn't sometimes play into marrying 'beneath them' - if that didn't perhaps give them just a smigeon of control.
Some later comeuppance there, Henry, asking if an frenemy is fat, since that is one of the things history remembers of him.
Charles may not have been an eloquent writer, but I think I would page through a book of his letters, looking for the good bits!
“After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing after all as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true.” Mr. Spock, TOS.
Henry’s and Francis’ rivalry was a source of many anecdotes, they loathed each other and both were vain so yeah.
I really do wonder how happy Mary was with her chosen husband. Still, it was presumably a happier choice than another foreign marriage which would have kept her away from her country and family. So there is that.
Well, she got what she wanted. It might not have been exactly what she thought, but if she hadn't, she might have spent her life longing for what she didn't have. Which usually leads to unhappiness.