“As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.”
— Dan Jones
“Here was a king who saw his subjects as peers and allies around whom he had growing up rather than semi-alien entities to be suspected and persecuted.”
— Dan Jones
“He wasn’t an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.”
— Dan Jones
“Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally.”
— Dan Jones
“He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.”
— Dan Jones
“The king’s “only interest in government was a pious but simpleminded desire for reproachment”
— Dan Jones