Antonia Fraser
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Sull'Autore
Antonia Fraser is the author of numerous internationally bestselling biographies, including "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Cromwell: Our Chief of Men". (Publisher Provided)
Fonte dell'immagine: Susan Greenhill
Serie
Opere di Antonia Fraser
La congiura delle polveri: attentato al re, in nome di Dio nell'Inghilterra del Seicento (1996) 1,103 copie
The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829 (2018) 104 copie
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Editor & Introduction — 82 copie
Annals of such patriots of the distinguished family of Fraser, Frysell, Sim-Son, or Fitz-Simon, as have signalised… (2010) 1 copia
'TRADE SECRETS, CLEANING' 1 copia
Cromwell, Volume 2 1 copia
Cromwell, Volume 1 1 copia
Have a Nice Death 1 copia
Cromwell The Lord Protector r 1 copia
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England — A cura di — 1 copia
Boots 1 copia
Flying Finish 1 copia
Opere correlate
What Might Have Been : Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History (2004) — Collaboratore — 185 copie
Women of Mystery II: Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (1994) — Collaboratore — 53 copie
Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths by 8 of the Best Women Mystery Writers (1991) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Reader's Digest World's Greatest Biographies: George Washington | Mary Queen of Scots | Colin Powell (2001) 6 copie
Great Mystery Series: Eight of the Best Mysteries by the Top Women Writers [audiobook] (2000) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The execution of Mary Queen of Scots : an eyewitness account by Sir Robert Wingfield of Upton (1587) — Prefazione — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Fraser, Antonia Margaret Caroline
- Altri nomi
- Fraser, Lady Antonia
Pinter, Lady Antonia - Data di nascita
- 1932-08-27
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall ∙ History)
Dragon School, Oxford
St. Mary's School, Ascot - Attività lavorative
- historian
crime writer
aristocrat
biographer - Relazioni
- Pakenham, Frank, 7th Earl of Longford (father)
Longford, Elizabeth (mother)
Pinter, Harold (second husband)
Fraser, Flora (daughter)
Billington, Rachel (sister)
Pakenham, Thomas Francis Dermot, 8th Earl of Longford (brother) (mostra tutto 15)
Kazantzis, Judith (sister)
Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha (daughter)
Fraser, Rebecca (daughter)
Pakenham, Valerie (sister-in-law)
Powell, Lady Violet (aunt)
Pakenham, Edward (uncle)
Fraser, Sir Hugh (first husband) m.1956-1977
Clive, Mary (aunt)
Lamb, Lady Pansy (aunt) - Organizzazioni
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
British Crime Writers Association (chairman) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2011)
Norton Medlicott Medal (2000)
Order of the Companions of Honour (2018)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (2003)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1999)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1969) (mostra tutto 9)
Wolfson History Prize (1984)
Enid McLeod Literary Prize (2001)
Gold Dagger Award (1996) - Breve biografia
- Lady Antonia Fraser, née Pakenham, was born in London to an aristocratic English family. Her mother was the distinguished biography Elizabeth Longford. She was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, St. Mary's School, Ascot, and Oxford University. She is the author of major historical biographies, including Mary, Queen of Scots (1969), The Weaker Vessel (1984) and The Wives of Henry VIII (1996), as well as a popular mystery series featuring British television personality and investigative journalist Jemima Shore. She is a past chairman of the British Crime Writers Association. Lady Antonia married her second husband, the late Harold Pinter, in 1980, and is sometimes known as Lady Antonia Pinter. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011.
Utenti
Discussioni
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE JUNE - FRASER & CONRAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Dicembre 2016)
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 83
- Opere correlate
- 51
- Utenti
- 20,448
- Popolarità
- #1,060
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 298
- ISBN
- 641
- Lingue
- 14
- Preferito da
- 69
Lo stile poi è brillante, a volte sembra quasi di leggere un romanzo vista la vivacità con cui è narrato e l'abbondanza di aneddoti e piccole scene quotidiane che snelliscono la prosa.
Penso sia un libro ideale per chi è appassionato di storia, ma allo stesso tempo è in cerca di un libro scorrevole che sia da leggere e non da "studiare".… (altro)