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It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman was the weaker vessel; weaker than man, that is. ... That was the w...

Antonia Fraser

It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman was the weaker vessel; weaker than man, that is. ... That was the w...

Tags: common law, empowerment, fathers, feminism, feudalism, gender, guardianship, history, husbands, independence

People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.

Antonia Fraser

People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.

Tags: predilection

About Author
Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter.

Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the cold, rainy autumn of 1682 his physical appetites had diminshed considerably....

Antonia Fraser

Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the cold, rainy autumn of 1682 his physical appetites had diminshed considerably....

Tags: male and female

Very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to

Antonia Fraser

Very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to

Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.

Antonia Fraser

Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.

Tags: scotland

Kings who become prisoners are not far from death.

Antonia Fraser

Kings who become prisoners are not far from death.

Tags: marie antoinette

[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,...

Antonia Fraser

[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,...

Tags: empowerment, feminism, gender, history, independence, inequality, marriage, married life, matrimony, men

It is a fact that, being a quick reader, apart from enabling a person to study good books such as Macaulay and Gibbon, enables a person to read a lot of bad books as well.

Antonia Fraser

It is a fact that, being a quick reader, apart from enabling a person to study good books such as Macaulay and Gibbon, enables a person to read a lot of bad books as well.

Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing to negotiate? His great enemy Cromwell always maintained that the king had been sway...

Antonia Fraser

Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing to negotiate? His great enemy Cromwell always maintained that the king had been sway...

Tags: impotence

This time the Empress was supposed to have asked the celebrated healer and pretender to miraculous powers, John Joseph Gassner: Will my daughter be happy? His reply was suitably gnomic: There are cros...

Antonia Fraser

This time the Empress was supposed to have asked the celebrated healer and pretender to miraculous powers, John Joseph Gassner: Will my daughter be happy? His reply was suitably gnomic: There are cros...

Mignon' said the King, 'soon you are going to be a great king'. But he also told Anjou, in a memorable phrase 'Try to remain at peace with your neighbors: I have loved war too much...

Antonia Fraser

Mignon' said the King, 'soon you are going to be a great king'. But he also told Anjou, in a memorable phrase 'Try to remain at peace with your neighbors: I have loved war too much...

It lies in humanity's infinite capacity for self-deception where some perceived (and in this case long-desired) advantage is at stake

Antonia Fraser

It lies in humanity's infinite capacity for self-deception where some perceived (and in this case long-desired) advantage is at stake

My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.

Antonia Fraser

My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.

Tags: education, women, mother, woman

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

Antonia Fraser

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

A modern definition of terrorism: 'the weapon of the weak, pretending to be strong'.

Antonia Fraser

A modern definition of terrorism: 'the weapon of the weak, pretending to be strong'.

Sunken to that of an old woman in the harsh disguise

Antonia Fraser

Sunken to that of an old woman in the harsh disguise

Certainly, it is impossible to understand the course of the Powder Treason from now on unless one takes into account the magnetism of Robert Catesby.

Antonia Fraser

Certainly, it is impossible to understand the course of the Powder Treason from now on unless one takes into account the magnetism of Robert Catesby.

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

Antonia Fraser

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

Tags: love, king, company

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

Antonia Fraser

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

Tags: hatred, oppression, persecution, terrorism, violence

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

Antonia Fraser

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

Tags: war