I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

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!

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.