I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book.

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

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

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

I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book.

Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.