Antonia Fraser

I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer.

— Antonia Fraser

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.

— Antonia Fraser

“She might be furious at such things, jealous too on a purely human level; but she would never consider that the position…

— Antonia Fraser

Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich,…

— Antonia Fraser

Ninety-seven is my lucky number.

— Antonia Fraser

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

— Antonia Fraser

“* Certainly, it is impossible to understand the course of the Powder Treason from now on unless one takes into account the…

— Antonia Fraser

My mother was a politician in my formative years.

— Antonia Fraser

I decided as usual that justice lay in the middle - that is to say nowhere.

— Antonia Fraser

Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.

— Antonia Fraser

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

— Antonia Fraser

“She saw that supreme dignity - and love - lay in tolerance.”

— Antonia Fraser

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

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

— Antonia Fraser

[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to…

— Antonia Fraser

“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

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

— Antonia Fraser

“Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing…

— Antonia Fraser

I'm glad I was never an heiress.

— Antonia Fraser

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.

— Antonia Fraser

I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.

— Antonia Fraser