Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penman
Sharon Kay Penmanis an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She is best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she has written four medieval mysteries, the first of which, The Queen's Man, was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award. Her novels and mysteries are set in England, France, and Wales, and are about English and Welsh royalty during the Middle Ages. The Sunne in Splendour,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.
Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?
It was just like him, she thought; with him, a happy ending was always a foregone conclusion. But such was the power of his faith that when she was with him; she found herself believing in happy endings, too.
Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.
…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.
We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?
I inhale hope with every breath I take.
Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.
I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine.