King Charles Ii Liked Women's Company And

Her Imperturbable Self-confidence (duchesse De Maine) Caused Madame De Stael To Write That The Duchesse Believed In Herself The Same Way She Believed In God, Without Explanation Or Discussion.

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.

I Think Crime Writing Is My Link With Trying To Preserve A Sort Of Order.

Lives In Previous Centuries For Women Are Largely A Matter Of Class. It Would Have Been Fun To Have Been A Rich, Privileged Woman In The 18th Century, But No Fun At All To Be Her Maid.

That Is My Major Concern: Writers Who Are In Prison For Writing.