Quotes from Kathleen Jones

cast thy bread upon the waters and it shall come back to thee after many days'.

Bulstrode Whitelocke, chronicler of events during the Commonwealth

The Nominated Parliament - nicknamed the Barebones Parliament after one of its members, Praisegod Barebones

Hers was a toughness born from bitterness and tragedy, where every ounce of optimism or humour had been beaten out of her by experience.

Women might be beaten senseless by their husbands in the house next door, but it was never mentioned.

she was never, I felt, truly emotionally warm towards anyone

A 'sack posset' - a kind of wine cup - was drunk by the couple and a piece of the bride cake broken over their heads. Margaret objected to the latter because it left crumbs in the bedclothes.

They 'possess each other like demon lovers, alternately clinging together as one and then separating in furious mutual rejection. They encircle one another in a bond of steel …

it takes a very secure male ego to handle sexual equality.