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The Wives of Henry VIII
The New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from the acclaimed author of Marie Antoinette. Under Antonia Fraser's intent scrutiny, Catherine of Aragon emerges as a scholar-queen who... See More
My History: A Memoir of Growing Up
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author shares vivid memories of her childhood and recalls the experiences that set her on the path to a writing life. Ever since she received Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall as a... See More
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Louis XIV, the highly-feted "Sun King", was renowned for his political and cultural influence and for raising France to a new level of prominence in seventeenth-century Europe. And yet, as Antonia Fraser keenly describes, he... See More
Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter
A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser. In this... See More
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake," was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate... See More
Mary Queen of Scots
"A book that will leave few readers unmoved."-San Francisco Chronicle She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to... See More
Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with... See More
The Weaker Vessel: Women's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England
The renowned historian and biographer Lady Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, investigates the lot of women in seventeenth-century England. Drawing on period diaries, letters, and other papers, Fraser sketches... See More
The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829
In the eighteenth century, the Catholics of England lacked many basic freedoms under the law: they could not serve in political office, buy or inherit land, or be married by the rites of their own religion. So virulent was... See More
Warrior Queens
In this panoramic work of history, Lady Antonia Fraser looks at women who led armies and empires: Cleopatra, Isabella of Spain, Jinga Mbandi, Margaret Thatcher, and Indira Gandhi, among others. See More
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints. From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a... See More
Perilous Question: Reform or Revolution? Britain on the Brink, 1832
Antonia Fraser's Perilous Question is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain's history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, a narrative which at times reads like a... See More
Political Death: A Jemima Shore Novel
When the wayward lady Imogen Swain summons journalist Jemima Shore to her home, Jemima once again finds herself in the thick of love affairs--old and new--intrigue, and betrayal. For the colorful Lady Imogen kept diaries... See More
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton and Her Fight for Women's Justice
Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a courageous and compassionate woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century... See More
Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave: And Other Stories
Internationally bestselling author Antonia Fraser finds murder and mayhem in the most incongruous places, from sunny island paradises to the opera, in these nine superb short stores -- four featuring Jemima Shore... See More
Gunpowder Plots: A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night
400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a single, annihilating blast the... See More
Our Israeli Diary (Kindle Single)
Our Israeli Diary is the first-hand record written every morning by Antonia Fraser during her visit with Harold Pinter in May 1978, the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of the State of Israel: it was recently... See More