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Antonia Fraser quotes

British Author August 27, 1932

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Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing to negotiate? His great enemy Cromwell always maintained that the king had been swayed at the last moment by his queen, the beautiful Henrietta Maria. We can believe Cromwell's claim that the queen told her husband to be firm. But the wicked, spiteful, altogether irresistable quote often attributed to her by Puritan writers of the time is almost certainly false. "Oh my love, if... Antonia Fraser
Mignon' said the King, 'soon you are going to be a great king'. But he also told Anjou, in a memorable phrase 'Try to remain at peace with your neighbors: I have loved war too much... Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love..."
King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always..."
Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. Antonia Fraser
Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the cold, rainy autumn of 1682 his physical appetites had diminshed considerably. The Duchess of Portsmouth was, after all, more than twenty years his junior; and there comes a time in nearly every such relationship when the male partner is simply unable to fully accommodate the female partner. Or as Samuel Pepys tartly noted in his diary, "the king yawns much in council, it... Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what..."
I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life. Antonia Fraser
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness! 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! Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and..."
The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. Antonia Fraser
My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor. Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of..."
I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people. 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
[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman. Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would..."
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser quote: "I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in..."
I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history. Antonia Fraser

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