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. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#began #book #brilliant #change #daisy

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

— Antonia Fraser

#fiction #find #historical #historical fiction #i

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

— Antonia Fraser

#am #dress #get #go #going

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

— Antonia Fraser

#book #hair #hate #i #into

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

— Antonia Fraser

#future #good #good idea #i #idea

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

— Antonia Fraser

#antoinette #biography #had #heart #hearts

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

— Antonia Fraser

#i #i think #link #order #preserve

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

— Antonia Fraser

#antoinette #fullest #i #i think #life

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

— Antonia Fraser

#good #good and evil #i #interested #moral

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

#cold #day #i #i write #know