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title: "2 Foreign Office Quotes By Amanda Foreman"
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> ['Daughters of Britannia' is a fascinating book, not least because it shines a light on a very dark corner of Foreign Office dealings. Diplomatic spouses are the Aunt Sallys of the foreign service: responsible for nearly everything, recognised for almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/daughters-of-britannia-is-a-fascinating-book-not-least-because-it/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

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> [From Lady Carlisle's trip to Moscow in 1663 to Veronica Atkinson's tour of duty during the 1989 Romanian revolution, it is clear that very little has changed. Four hundred years of innovation, liberation, and improvement clearly bypassed the Foreign Office…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/from-lady-carlisle-s-trip-to-moscow-in-1663-to-veronica-atkinson-s/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

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## More by Amanda Foreman

> [When I read 'The Master', I felt that I had read a true classic. It's so rare nowadays that you have that feeling: it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/when-i-read-the-master-i-felt-that-i-had-read-a-true-classic-it-s-so/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [Over the years, the writers at DC Comics softened Wonder Woman's powers in ways that would have infuriated Marston. During the 1960s, she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/over-the-years-the-writers-at-dc-comics-softened-wonder-woman-s/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [“trying his best to discourage them,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/trying-his-best-to-discourage-them/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [When I was in my twenties, I strongly identified with Jane Austen's 'Emma' - her human failings mixed with a desire to do good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/when-i-was-in-my-twenties-i-strongly-identified-with-jane-austen-s/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy. That suggests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/almost-the-first-thing-obama-did-in-the-white-house-was-to-return-the/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [As a working mother, wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law, I have to make constant moral choices. Every choice I make results in someone else suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/as-a-working-mother-wife-daughter-and-daughter-in-law-i-have-to-make/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [For centuries, divorce in the West was a male tool of control - a legislative chastity belt designed to ensure that a wife had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/for-centuries-divorce-in-the-west-was-a-male-tool-of-control-a/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/the-creators-of-wonder-woman-had-no-interest-in-proving-an-actual/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean McConville. Jean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/teach-her-story-to-future-generations-and-at-least-the-moral-debt/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [Today, we are fortunate that the historical novel has reached such extraordinary heights of technical mastery. The ability of society to connect with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/today-we-are-fortunate-that-the-historical-novel-has-reached-such/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started out under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/in-1861-bachofen-published-his-radical-thesis-that-the-amazons-were/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/it-isn-t-enough-for-a-book-to-be-transporting-or-entertaining-it-must/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/when-women-do-take-on-traditionally-male-subjects-certain-male/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families with marriageable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/a-small-foot-in-china-no-different-from-a-tiny-waist-in-victorian/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

> [The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it looks utterly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/the-photograph-of-the-queen-sitting-stiffly-across-the-table-from/)

[Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/)

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