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Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, CH, DBE, FRSL ( née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter.
Jul 29, 2023 · Antonia Fraser doesn’t know whether she is an introvert or an extrovert: “you’d better ask someone else”. She once said that in another century, she would have made a good abbess. Today, she says, “If I were born again, I’d like to be a mezzo-soprano.”
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- August 27, 1932
- Marie Antoinette: The Journey.
- The Wives of Henry VIII.
- Mary Queen of Scots.
- Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King.
Oct 8, 2021 · Who’s more glamorous than Lady Antonia Fraser, famous beauty, best-selling historian, widow of a Nobel prize-winner and author of a brilliant new biography? Next, she’ll appear at the Cliveden Literary Festival this October. By David Jenkins. 8 October 2021.
Apr 29, 2022 · Antonia Fraser’s “The Case of the Married Woman” tells the story of Caroline Norton, who scandalized 19th-century London society — and upended its laws.
Antonia Fraser is a renowned historian and biographer, who has written books on topics such as Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and Henry VIII. She is also the widow of the late playwright Harold Pinter and a recipient of several literary awards.
Antonia Fraser has 173 books on Goodreads with 279804 ratings. Antonia Fraser’s most popular book is Marie Antoinette: The Journey.
