12 Quotes by Sandra Gulland

My other treasure was my virginity, and I’d thought of selling it too, years back, to the steward’s hunchback son. I had refrained, holding out -I told myself- for a higher bidder. Now I fancied myself ruler of an impregnable realm.

Susanne Alleyn’s Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining.

A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.