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Antonia Fraser
(Lady Antonia Fraser)
(b.1932)Since 1969, Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers, including Marie Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots (James Tait Black Memorial Prize), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 (St Louis Literary Award; CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger).
Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.
Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Jemima Shore
1. Quiet As a Nun (1977)
2. Tartan Tragedy (1978)
3. A Splash of Red (1981)
4. Cool Repentance (1982)
5. Oxford Blood (1985)
Jemima Shore's First Case (1986)
6. Your Royal Hostage (1987)
7. The Cavalier Case (1990)
Jemima Shore At the Sunny Grave (1991)
8. Political Death (1994)
1. Quiet As a Nun (1977)
2. Tartan Tragedy (1978)
3. A Splash of Red (1981)
4. Cool Repentance (1982)
5. Oxford Blood (1985)
Jemima Shore's First Case (1986)
6. Your Royal Hostage (1987)
7. The Cavalier Case (1990)
Jemima Shore At the Sunny Grave (1991)
8. Political Death (1994)
Novels
Collections
Anthologies edited
Scottish Love Poems (1975)
Love Letters (1976)
A Red Rose and a Satin Heart: An Anthology of Scottish Love Poems (2010)
Love Letters (1976)
A Red Rose and a Satin Heart: An Anthology of Scottish Love Poems (2010)
Non fiction
History of Toys (1966)
Mary Queen of Scots (1969)
Royal Charles (1972)
Cromwell, the Lord Protector (1973)
Heroes and Heroines (1980)
The Weaker Vessel (1984)
Cromwell, Our Chief of Men (1988)
The Warrior Queens (1988)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1992)
The Pleasure Of Reading (1992)
The Gunpowder Plot (1996)
aka Faith and Treason
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (1999)
Marie Antoinette (2001)
King Charles II (2004)
The Battle of the Boyne (2005)
Love and Louis XIV (2006)
Elizabeth 1 (2010)
Must You Go? (2010)
The Antonia Fraser Collection (2013)
Perilous Question (2013)
My History (2015)
Our Israeli Diary (2016)
The King and the Catholics (2018)
The Case of the Married Woman (2021)
Lady Caroline Lamb (2023)
Mary Queen of Scots (1969)
Royal Charles (1972)
Cromwell, the Lord Protector (1973)
Heroes and Heroines (1980)
The Weaker Vessel (1984)
Cromwell, Our Chief of Men (1988)
The Warrior Queens (1988)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1992)
The Pleasure Of Reading (1992)
The Gunpowder Plot (1996)
aka Faith and Treason
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (1999)
Marie Antoinette (2001)
King Charles II (2004)
The Battle of the Boyne (2005)
Love and Louis XIV (2006)
Elizabeth 1 (2010)
Must You Go? (2010)
The Antonia Fraser Collection (2013)
Perilous Question (2013)
My History (2015)
Our Israeli Diary (2016)
The King and the Catholics (2018)
The Case of the Married Woman (2021)
Lady Caroline Lamb (2023)
Antonia Fraser recommends
Diva (2024)
Daisy Goodwin
"Elegant, adult, ultimately very moving, Diva presents an amazingly convincing Maria, while always conveying the power of the majestic Callas myth."
She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen (2019)
Katie Hickman
"Absolutely brilliant...remarkable women, until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn't put it down."
Love Without End (2019)
Melvyn Bragg
"Bragg brilliantly re-imagines the legendary love story of Heloise and Abelard, uniting the middle ages and today in this thrilling novel."
A Brush with Death (2018)
(Susie Mahl Mystery, book 1)
Ali Carter
"Absorbing, charming and funny, A Brush With Death heralds a fresh and welcome new voice in crime writing. Susie Mahl is also a welcome new detective: witty, warm and very inquisitive."
A God in Every Stone (2014)
Kamila Shamsie
"I can't recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly . Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving."
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