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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.

People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.

Antonia Fraser quotes: My mother was a politician in my formative years.

My mother was a politician in my formative years.

Antonia Fraser quotes: King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.

King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.

Antonia Fraser quotes: It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

Antonia Fraser quotes: I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.

Antonia Fraser quotes: If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

Antonia Fraser quotes: I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.

I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.

Antonia Fraser quotes: Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

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

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

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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.

I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.

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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.

I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.

Antonia Fraser quotes: Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.

Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.

Antonia Fraser quotes: I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette

Antonia Fraser quotes: We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

Antonia Fraser quotes: very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to

very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to

Antonia Fraser quotes: I'm glad I was never an heiress.

I'm glad I was never an heiress.

Antonia Fraser quotes: It lies in humanity's infinite capacity for self-deception where some perceived (and in this case long-desired) advantage is at stake

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 quotes: After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.

After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.

Antonia Fraser quotes: I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.

I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.

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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

Antonia Fraser quotes: As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.

I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.

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

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

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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

Antonia Fraser quotes: She saw that supreme dignity - and love - lay in tolerance.

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: sunken to that of an old woman in the harsh disguise

sunken to that of an old woman in the harsh disguise

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

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

Antonia Fraser quotes: My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

Antonia Fraser quotes: Ninety-seven is my lucky number.

Ninety-seven is my lucky number.

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

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