Author: Antonia Fraser

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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

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

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!

- 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 a brilliant, painful book.

I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book.

- Antonia Fraser

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

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

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

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

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