"In declining to entertain questions of statecraft she showed herself above, and not beneath, the proud position she had taken.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Henrietta's life touches both England and France: by race, by education she was a Frenchwoman; by marriage she was an Englishwoman, and it is on English history that she has left the impress of her vivid personality; but the France which she never forgot coloured her thoughts throughout, and taught her in all probability those maxims of statecraft which she attempted to apply when the troubles of her life came upon her.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
The King of England was much struck by this reply, which fitted in well with his own theory and practice of statecraft.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes