Virginia Henley Quotes

I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then I blend in a romantic and sensual love story to give it balance. The heavier the history, the more romantic the couple must be.

Virginia Henley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 5, 1935

Topics

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I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

Joe Nichols

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There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

John Connolly

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I love the idea of the Great Wall of Trump.

Ann Coulter

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In fact Sarah Palin has created more jobs than Obama has. She created eleven jobs fact-checking at the AP just for the Palin autobiography.

Ann Coulter

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Mum told me stories about her time in the Women's Royal Navy, and about her dad, who had died before I was born - he'd been sent to Australia as a child, then joined the Australian Army in the First World War and fought at Gallipoli.

Tony Bradman

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We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

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For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

Mary Kay Andrews

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I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.

Martine McCutcheon

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Any time you've got both the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, you're not long for the White House.

Michael Moore

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All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.

Mitch Hedberg

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A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

Louis L'Amour

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Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Joshua Reynolds

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