Antonia Fraser Author Quotations

King Juan Carlos would be worthy of a full biography as a major player in his country's history. Alas, my Spanish is not good enough to offer myself!

As the seventh wife of Henry VIII I hope I would have managed to do the old monster in-my cooking comes to mind, as I am a hopeless cook.

I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling.

One couldn't help thinking of Princess Diana when writing some passages, although I don't make a mention in the text, which would be anachronistic.

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

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

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

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

Why waste time instructing others when you could be reading the manuscripts yourself? The only exceptions are matters of foreign language.