Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregoryis an English historical novelist who has been writing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl, which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 January 1954
heart earth three
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the most deceitful creature on God's earth.
heart half england
But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.
powerful eye heart
Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse than live to the beat of her own heart, see with her own eyes; but this is not their tempo nor their vision and they cannot tolerate any other.
dream sleep heart
I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire.
life mean heart
If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.
believe heart matter
The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.
heart dark tonight
I am too dark in my heart tonight.
heart
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.
grew house tall town victorian
The house I grew up in was a tall Victorian town house in Bristol. There were very big rooms, which were under-furnished and always cold.
history
I would never lie to anyone about history.
I try to go to the gym three times a week, and I swim, too.
change highly quite
If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.
people
I don't shop as much as a lot of people but I do like designer clothes.
genre highly
At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.