141 Quotes by Lucy Worsley

If you lived in 18th-century England, you probably lived in a village, worked on the land, and your greatest fears were probably dying in a famine or of disease or in a war.

There's a big mistake that people make with history, which is to think that people in the past were just like us, but wearing crinolines. They lived in different worlds.

Britain can claim to lead the world in murder because it was a country that industrialized early. Other countries, going through the same process later, caught up and produced their own genres of detective fiction.

You shouldn't hate your body parts. I have lovely little ears and eyelashes so long they sometimes get tangled in the machinery when I have my eyes tested.

I was a bit disappointed to discover that the French Riviera seems to have a large motorway running along the edge of it.

From creating a new sovereign to affairs of the heart, majestic moments to everyday life, when monarchy wants to send a message it uses a photograph.

My first time skiing was in Vail, Colorado. It was brilliant fun until I whacked myself in the face with my ski pole.

Lots of historians are sniffy about re-enactors.

I love visiting Landmark Trust properties, which tend to be historical follies in extraordinary places.