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Antonia Fraser

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

August 27, 1932

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http://www.antoniafraser.com/index.aspx

Genre

History, Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies Mary, Queen of Scots (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, King Charles II and The Gunpowder Plot (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, The Weaker Vessel: Women's Lot in Seventeenth Century Britain (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), The Warrior Queens: Boadecia's Chariot, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Marie Antoinette: The Journey (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. She was awarde ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 97,439 ratings · 4,427 reviews · 170 distinct works • Similar authors

	Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.93 avg rating — 37,093 ratings — published 2001 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wives of Henry VIII 4.11 avg rating — 18,593 ratings — published 1992 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 16,870 ratings — published 1969 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King 3.87 avg rating — 7,830 ratings — published 2006 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior Queens 3.72 avg rating — 2,743 ratings — published 1988 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kings and Queens of England 3.97 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 1975 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 3.87 avg rating — 1,710 ratings — published 1996 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 1984 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Must you go?: my life with Harold Pinter 3.61 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 2010 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cromwell 3.72 avg rating — 952 ratings — published 1973 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all." - Marie Antoinette”
― Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey

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“As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.”
― Antonia Fraser

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“[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, the total self-abnegation of the woman.”
― Antonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII

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What book about the Tudors would you like to read in June 2015?

Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser

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The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau

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Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

8 votes, 12.1%

Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle

7 votes, 10.6%

Katharine of Aragon: The Wives of Henry VIII by Jean Plaidy

6 votes, 9.1%

Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George

5 votes, 7.6%

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Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots by Linda Porter

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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

4 votes, 6.1%

My Lady of Cleves: A Novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes

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The Man on a Donkey by H.F.M. Prescott

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The Sumerton Women by D.L. Bogdan

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