Quotes from Robyn Young

There is a time for faith, Bishop, and a time for action. It would be a foolish man who stood on a battlefield and faced an army with a Bible in his hands. We are here to do the bidding of our Lord Almighty, but it is through deeds, as well as piety, that we serve Him.

The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.

The unhorsing, wounding and capture of the enemy was sought, for corpses fetched little ransom, but in the blind chaos of the charge, death was a whore who did not care who she drew into her darkness, veteran knight or callow bachelor.

Across the hillside, above the chaos of Montfort's left flank, a scarlet banner was raised by Edward's men, the dragon at its centre a terror wreathed in golden flames, a sign that there was to be no mercy. The noblemen who survived the battle would be taken prisoner and ransomed, but no such chivalry awaited the foot soldiers beyond.

Garin tinha sido um peão, um peão fraco e controlado. Era o rei Eduardo quem tinha sido o verdadeiro traidor, o lobo no aprisco, o causador de todas as suas desgraças. Ele tinha sido o seu guardião. Tinha-se tornado o seu inimigo

Há homens nesses tronos, comandante, homens sem escrúpulos, ávidos de poder, que poriam em perigo nações inteiras para satisfazer o seu desejo de supremacia

His gaze lingered on the ruins of the keep. Twenty-two years ago , he had made a promise in the shadow of those walls - a promise to uphold his family's claim to the throne. In the end, he had done so much more than that. In the end, he had upheld his nation's claim to their kingdom.

The autumn rains had erased the tracks made by horses and men, the forest reclaiming its territory.

The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.