I decided as usual that justice lay in the middle - that is to say nowhere.
I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer.
My mother was a politician in my formative years.
King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.
Ninety-seven is my lucky number.
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!