Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, DBE, née Pakenham, is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter, and prior to his death was also known as Antonia Pinter...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 August 1932
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling.
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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.
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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.
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I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
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We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
british-author farthest mary subject
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.
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I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.
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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!
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Why waste time instructing others when you could be reading the manuscripts yourself? The only exceptions are matters of foreign language.
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My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.
numbers lucky seven
Ninety-seven is my lucky number.
mother years politician
My mother was a politician in my formative years.
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Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.
kings making-love wells
King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.