I Think Crime Writing Is

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!

[in 16th Century European Society] Marriage Was The Triumphal Arch Through Which Women, Almost Without Exception, Had To Pass In Order To Reach The Public Eye. And After Marriage Followed, In Theory, The Total Self-abnegation Of The Woman.

If I Write That It Was A Cold Day, You Can Be Sure I Know It Was A Cold Day Because Pepys Told Us.

The Clue To Book Jacket Photography Is To Look Friendly And Approachable, But Not Too Glamorous.