"My fiction ranges from the early 20th century to the 1970s. The 1950s and 1960s are dramatic because of the rapid cha…"

"England, our native country, one of the most renowned monarchies in the world, against which the Pope beareth a speci…"

"The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament: for as in war where the king h…"

"To be short, the prince is the life, the head and the authority of all things that be done in the realm of England. A…"

"What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind."

"The rose colours of madder have justly been considered as supplying a desideratum, and as the most valuable acquisiti…"

"Green...contrasts more agreeably with all colours than any other individual colour. It has accordingly been adopted w…"

"The general powers of green, as a colour, associate it with the ideas of vigour and freshness; and it is hence symbol…"

"As purple, when inclining toward redness, is a regal and pompous colour, it has been used in mythological representat…"

"Brown...is the rather indefinite appellation of a very extensive class of colours of warm or tawny hues....The term b…"