“She saw that supreme dignity - and love - lay in tolerance.” — Antonia Fraser Dignity Copy Share Image
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. — Antonia Fraser Business Copy Share Image
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. — Antonia Fraser Brilliant Copy Share Image
Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. — Antonia Fraser First love Copy Share Image
I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer. — Antonia Fraser Brain Copy Share Image
I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order. — Antonia Fraser Crime Copy Share Image
The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. — Antonia Fraser Book Copy Share Image
I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start… — Antonia Fraser Book Copy Share Image
I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What… — Antonia Fraser Book Copy Share Image
Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich,… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“It lies in humanity's infinite capacity for self-deception where some perceived (and in this case long-desired) advantage is at stake” — Antonia Fraser Deception Copy Share Image
Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she… — Antonia Fraser Confidence Copy Share Image
“Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when… — Antonia Fraser History Copy Share Image
My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She… — Antonia Fraser Advantage Copy Share Image
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the… — Antonia Fraser Aging Copy Share Image
“Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing… — Antonia Fraser Civil war Copy Share Image
“It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman… — Antonia Fraser Bonds Copy Share Image
If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys… — Antonia Fraser Cold Copy Share Image
People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police. — Antonia Fraser Book Copy Share Image
I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism. — Antonia Fraser Israel Copy Share Image
“People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.” — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. — Antonia Fraser Books Copy Share Image
That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. — Antonia Fraser Bedtime Copy Share Image
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell. — Antonia Fraser Bells Copy Share Image
Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema. — Antonia Fraser Cinema Copy Share Image
Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists. — Antonia Fraser Almighty Copy Share Image
My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't. — Antonia Fraser Peace Copy Share Image
I decided as usual that justice lay in the middle - that is to say nowhere. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
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