Antonia Fraser
Auteur de Marie-Antoinette
A propos de l'auteur
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)
Crédit image: Susan Greenhill
Séries
Œuvres de Antonia Fraser
The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829 (2018) 104 exemplaires
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Editor & Introduction — 82 exemplaires
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton and Her Fight for Women's Justice (2021) 43 exemplaires
Mary, Queen of Scots: A Poetry Anthology 2 exemplaires
Annals of such patriots of the distinguished family of Fraser, Frysell, Sim-Son, or Fitz-Simon, as have signalised… (2010) 1 exemplaire
'TRADE SECRETS, CLEANING' 1 exemplaire
Cromwell, Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Cromwell, Volume 1 1 exemplaire
Have a Nice Death 1 exemplaire
King James VI of Scotland; I of England 1 exemplaire
Cromwell The Lord Protector r 1 exemplaire
Faith and Treason - The Story of the Gunpower Plot r 1 exemplaire
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
The Warrior Queens | Mary Queen of Scots 1 exemplaire
Boots 1 exemplaire
Flying Finish 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
What Might Have Been : Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History (2004) — Contributeur — 185 exemplaires
The Clans of the Scottish Highlands: The Costumes of the Clans (1899) — Avant-propos — 100 exemplaires
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2 (1991) — Contributeur — 97 exemplaires
Women of Mystery II: Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (1994) — Contributeur — 52 exemplaires
Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths by 8 of the Best Women Mystery Writers (1991) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Reader's Digest World's Greatest Biographies: George Washington | Mary Queen of Scots | Colin Powell (2001) 6 exemplaires
Great Mystery Series: Eight of the Best Mysteries by the Top Women Writers [audiobook] (2000) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The execution of Mary Queen of Scots : an eyewitness account by Sir Robert Wingfield of Upton (1587) — Avant-propos — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Fraser, Antonia Margaret Caroline
- Autres noms
- Fraser, Lady Antonia
Pinter, Lady Antonia - Date de naissance
- 1932-08-27
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall ∙ History)
Dragon School, Oxford
St. Mary's School, Ascot - Professions
- historian
crime writer
aristocrat
biographer - Relations
- 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) (tout afficher 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) - Organisations
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
British Crime Writers Association (chairman) - Prix et distinctions
- 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) (tout afficher 9)
Wolfson History Prize (1984)
Enid McLeod Literary Prize (2001)
Gold Dagger Award (1996) - Courte biographie
- 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.
Membres
Discussions
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE JUNE - FRASER & CONRAD à 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Décembre 2016)
Critiques
Marie-Antoinette par Antonia Fraser
Marie-Antoinette : une figure mythique. Jugée sévèrement par ses contemporains et par l'Histoire, perçue tour à tour comme une reine " scélérate" puis comme une victime expiatoire, elle a pourtant été unanimement admirée pour son courage face aux cataclysmes du siècle. Devenue reine de France à peine sortie de l'adolescence, elle est investie par sa mère, l'impératrice Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, de la mission de protéger les intérêts de son pays auprès du roi. Toute sa vie elle jouera un rôle politique ambigu, s'attirant d'abord la méfiance et bientôt la haine du peuple français. Avec la précision et le brio qui caractérisent son oeuvre d'historienne, Antonia Fraser retrace son parcours : son enfance, l'influence des liens familiaux, son mariage longtemps non consommé, la venue tant attendue de ses enfants, sa possible liaison avec le comte Axel Fersen, et enfin ses efforts héroïques pour sauver sa famille, et la monarchie, de la tempête révolutionnaire.… (plus d'informations)
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Female Author (2)
Best Biographies (1)
Folio Society (1)
1960s (1)
Roman Britain (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 83
- Aussi par
- 51
- Membres
- 20,430
- Popularité
- #1,060
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 297
- ISBN
- 641
- Langues
- 14
- Favoris
- 69
