King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

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.

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.