By The Tits Of Holy Agnes

[margaret] Thatcher Could Fake Her Class Background, But She Couldn't Fake The Quality Of Her Mind.

One Of The Frustrations Of Someone Like Thomas Cromwell Is That, Before They Step Into The Light Of History, And Become Extremely Well Documented, They Are Not Known. A King Might Be Well Documented But Not Everyone.

One Of The Ideals [margaret Thatcher] Grew Up With Was Self-denial And Postponement Of Gratification, And Yet She Went About To Create A Greedy, Short-term Society. It Is A Paradox.

Like Every Writer, I'm Drawn By Unlikely Juxtapositions, Precisely-dated And Once-only Collisions Between People From Different Worlds.

[h]ope Takes You By The Throat Like A Stranger, It Makes Your Heart Leap.