#amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #amreadingbiography #sentenceoftheday #booksky #frenchrevolution "She had, after all, been treated as a doll, to be dressed up in this and that at the adults' whim since childhood . . . "
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #womenwriters #booksky #sentenceoftheday About King Ferdinand: "Although an ugly prince, he is not absolutely repulsive . . . at least he does not stink."
#amreading #MarieAntoinettetheJourney #biography #antoniafraser #booksky About the unfortunate Louis XVI: "There was some kind of gene of fatness in this branch of the Bourbon family, which may have been glandular in origin."
#amreading #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #sentenceoftheday It was true that it was easier to make love to a pretty woman than a plain one, but that was about the measure of the difference.
I #amreading Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette: The Journey. It's only after I begin reading that I realize I've been holding my breath the last couple of years. I've been secretly waiting for a second American Revolution #marieantoinette #amreadingbiography #frenchrevolution #antoniafraser #booksky
Going up to Portland and bringing this book with me. #womenwriters #biographies #travelreading #portlandoregon #marieantoinette #antoniafraser
Book cover of "The wives of Henry VIII" by Antonia Fraser.
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚
#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#AntoniaFraser #England #EnglishHistory #Tudor #HenryVIII #AnneBoleyn
104/200💡📚
On this day in 1932 Antonia Fraser was born.
She has written history books about fascinating subjects including Boudicca, Marie Antoinette and her own childhood.
#Boosky #OnThisDay #Anniversary #AntoniaFraser #History
"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."
✒ Lady #AntoniaFraser, English historian and author, celebrates her birthday today. #History #Literature
Cover of the 2001 book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser.
Choose 200 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 200 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
18/200
#AntoniaFraser #MarieAntoinette:TheJourney
#books #booksky
#200bookschallenge
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”Instructions for potential future events”, I told my wife.
The level of amusement was moderate at best…
#books #antoniafraser #reading #henryVIII #history
Antonia Fraser
Charles II biography
#AntoniaFraser was born to the 7th Earl of Longford in London #OnThisDay in 1932, becoming a prolific author & writing biographies of Mary, Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell & Charles II; she married #HaroldPinter in 1980; happy birthday, Lady Antonia~!
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