Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “Th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “Th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “Th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “Th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “Th — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
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Abroad? Oh no. I went to England in ’91, and you stood in the garden at Fontenay and berated me.” He shook his head. “This is my nation. Here I stay. A man can’t carry his country on the soles of his shoes.

— Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
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