“ 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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“ 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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“ If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us. ”
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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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“ That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. ”
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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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“ The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. ”
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“ 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. ”
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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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“ 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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“ 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. ”
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“ Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special. ”
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“ 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. ”
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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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“ After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell. ”
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“ I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. ”
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“ I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history. ”
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“ I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order. ”
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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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“ The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. ”
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“ If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us. ”
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“ I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette. ”
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“ People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police. ”
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