Quotes from Lisa Hilton

one may scarcely find one man among seven women, so many women are there widowed whilst their husbands are alive'.

but the King was ill throughout much of the spring and summer, suffering from lassitude and depression. A great army was mustered at York and then had to be sent home again because the King was too listless to determine how they should advance.

died of a seizure — some said brought on by rage

Although he was already suffering from dysentery and needed to be carried in a litter, John consoled himself with a feast of peaches and cider, which did nothing to improve his health.

Despite Eleanor being twelve to her husband's twenty-eight, they had begun sleeping together straight away