Antonia Fraser (Author of Marie Antoinette)

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Antonia Fraser

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in London, The United Kingdom

August 27, 1932

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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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	Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 37,802 ratings — published 2001 — 80 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 — 18,881 ratings — published 1992 — 17 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 — 17,214 ratings — published 1969 — 124 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 — 7,944 ratings — published 2006 — 9 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 3.71 avg rating — 2,773 ratings — published 1988 — 40 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 — 1,984 ratings — published 1975 — 15 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 — 1,797 ratings — published 1996 — 43 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 — 1,419 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 3.62 avg rating — 1,025 ratings — published 2010 — 8 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 — 994 ratings — published 1973 — 57 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

tags: hatred, oppression, persecution, terrorism, violence

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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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To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Christy English

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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser

17 votes, 30.9%

Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV by Karleen Koen

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