That Is My Major Concern: Writers Who

I Can't Read Historical Fiction Because I Find The Real Thing So Much More Interesting.

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.

I Think Crime Writing Is My Link With Trying To Preserve A Sort Of Order.

Her Imperturbable Self-confidence (duchesse De Maine) Caused Madame De Stael To Write That The Duchesse Believed In Herself The Same Way She Believed In God, Without Explanation Or Discussion.

I Have Seen All, I Have Heard All, I Have Forgotten All. Marie Antoinette