Quotes from Antonia Fraser

I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.

Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.

I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer.

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

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

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!