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
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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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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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I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.
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We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
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Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.
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King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.
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I'm glad I was never an heiress.