← Historical

No Angel

by Penny Vincenzi · 2000

No Angel is an irresistibly sweeping saga of power, family politics, and passion-a riveting drama and a fervent love story. Celia Lytton is the beautiful and strong-willed daughter of wealthy aristocrats and she is used to… more

9 quotes ★ 4.19 (8,476) Historical

Quotes from the Book

People love to criticise, to say what you should have done, what they would have done, when they usually do nothing at all, for anybody.
- I think it is so far outside his area of expertise, he can't really interfere. - I don't think that ever stopped anyone interfering in anything.
And not telling anyone anything whenever possible is the secret of a happy marriage, in my experience.
Well, life is very cruel. Very.' 'I would say', said Giles, 'it was death that was cruel. Not life.
Sylvia enjoyed her Christmas Day with Gwan and her family;
The girlfriend was called Gwen,
Don’t forget that, Celia. There’s more to life than flowery words and orgasms.
Lady Beckenham snorted and said there was nothing on God’s earth as unrewarding as the human baby.
He was self-assured without being cocky, friendly but not pushy, independent but in no way precocious. He was also exceptionally selfreliant, perfectly happy with his own company, and like all only children, very much at ease with adults. At five

About Penny Vincenzi

We have collected 9 quotes from 1 book by Penny Vincenzi on BookQuoters.

More about the author →

About the book

No Angel is an irresistibly sweeping saga of power, family politics, and passion-a riveting drama and a fervent love story. Celia Lytton is the beautiful and strong-willed daughter of wealthy aristocrats and she is used to getting her way. She moves through life making difficult and often dangerous decisions that affect herself and others-her husband, Oliver, and their children; the destitute Sylvia Miller, whose life is transformed by Celia's intrusion; as well as Oliver's daunting elder sister, who is not all she appears to be; and Sebastian Brooke, for whom Celia makes the most dangerous decision of all.

Set against the tumultuous backdrop of London and New York in the First World War, No Angel is, as British Good Housekeeping wrote, "an absorbing page-turner, packed with believable characters and satisfyingly extreme villains, eccentrics, and manipulators." Readers of Maeve Binch

Book details

First published
2000
Goodreads rating
4.19 (8k ratings)

Keep reading