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Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works that have been international bestsellers. She is the recipient of many literary awards, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Saint Louis Literary Award, and the 2000 Norton Medlicott Medal of Britain's Historical Association. Her works include Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell, the Lord Protector, Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration, and most recently, Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. Four highly praised books focus on women in history: The Weaker Vessel, The Warrior Queens, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Marie... Read More
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Faith and Treason
The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 13, 1997
Price: $17.00
In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks commemorate one of the most shocking moments in British history-the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in which terrorists attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I along with them. Faith & Treason recreates this conspiracy-an event with eerie... Read more >
The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 13, 1997
Price: $17.00
In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks commemorate one of the most shocking moments in British history-the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in which terrorists attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I along with them. Faith & Treason recreates this conspiracy-an event with eerie... Read more >
Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.95
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 was equally legendary in the domestic sphere. Indeed, a panoply of women — his wife Anne... Read more >
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.95
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 was equally legendary in the domestic sphere. Indeed, a panoply of women — his wife Anne... Read more >
Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Justine Eyre
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $39.95
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The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Justine Eyre
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $39.95
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Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Justine Eyre
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $20.00
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The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Justine Eyre
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $20.00
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Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $18.00
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The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $18.00
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Love and Louis XIV
The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $22.50
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The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $22.50
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Marie Antoinette
The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $17.95
France’s beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous “Let them eat cake,” was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death; she has since been the object of debate and speculation and the fascination so often accorded tragic figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this... Read more >
The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $17.95
France’s beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous “Let them eat cake,” was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death; she has since been the object of debate and speculation and the fascination so often accorded tragic figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this... Read more >
Marie Antoinette
The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $17.95
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The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $17.95
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Marie Antoinette
The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Donada Peters
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $39.95
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The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Donada Peters
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $39.95
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Marie Antoinette
The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Donada Peters
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $19.98
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The Journey
Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Donada Peters
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $19.98
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Mary Queen of Scots
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $20.00
A biography of Mary Queen of Scots captures the essence of the impulsive and beautiful Scottish queen who lost a throne for love and whose power struggle with Elizabeth I of England ended with her beheading.
“Fraser brings...a vivid sense of the mores of the sixteenth century, [and] so lucid a... Read more >
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $20.00
A biography of Mary Queen of Scots captures the essence of the impulsive and beautiful Scottish queen who lost a throne for love and whose power struggle with Elizabeth I of England ended with her beheading.
“Fraser brings...a vivid sense of the mores of the sixteenth century, [and] so lucid a... Read more >
Political Death
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Crimeline
On Sale: January 1, 1997
Price: $5.99
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Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Crimeline
On Sale: January 1, 1997
Price: $5.99
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Warrior Queens
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
Fraser examines the careers of those exceptional women who led armies and empires and aroused the awe, terror, and veneration of their people, including Boadicea, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Tamara, Elizabeth I, Jinga Mbandi, Catherine the Great, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, and Margaret Thatcher.
"The Warrior Queens is lore-packed...and fascinating to read...Fraser has... Read more >
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
Fraser examines the careers of those exceptional women who led armies and empires and aroused the awe, terror, and veneration of their people, including Boadicea, Cleopatra, Zenobia, Tamara, Elizabeth I, Jinga Mbandi, Catherine the Great, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, and Margaret Thatcher.
"The Warrior Queens is lore-packed...and fascinating to read...Fraser has... Read more >
The Wives of Henry VIII
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 30, 1993
Price: $18.95
In this rich and singularly illuminating study, Fraser reexamines the lives of Henry VIII's six wives whose true characters have been shrouded for centuries by stereotype and legend. Fraser traces the ascent and decline of each woman--and the linkages between them--delineating the cultural, familial, and political roots of the behavior and incidents... Read more >
Written by Antonia Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 30, 1993
Price: $18.95
In this rich and singularly illuminating study, Fraser reexamines the lives of Henry VIII's six wives whose true characters have been shrouded for centuries by stereotype and legend. Fraser traces the ascent and decline of each woman--and the linkages between them--delineating the cultural, familial, and political roots of the behavior and incidents... Read more >
