Lady Antonia Fraser was 42 years old, an accomplished biographer and historian, married and the mother of six, when she met Harold Pinter. Their first encounter took place in January 1975, on the ...
Lady Antonia Fraser’s bestselling biographies of Mary Queen of Scots and Marie Antoinette probed the unique travails of female monarchs in eras dominated by men. Her 1984 book “The Weaker Vessel,” ...
The Anglo-Irish historian calls her new biography of one of Byron’s lovers the culmination of her life’s work — but it might not be her last. She talks about her marriage to Harold Pinter, her father ...
Antonia Fraser's best-selling 2010 memoir "Must You Go?" was a tender, tart chronicle of life with her husband Harold Pinter. In her new memoir, "My History," Fraser turns the clock back further, to ...
A memoir composed entirely of short diary entries, even one that starts in 1975 with a scandalous romance, doesn't naturally invite a reader. Even when it describes a famous British playwright and his ...
Midway through Antonia Fraser’s lively biography of the 19th-century writer and gadabout Lady Caroline Lamb, an exasperated relative declares “This family is enough to make one sick.” You can see her ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Antonia Fraser is an Author with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2013 Interview. Book TV’s Peter Slen interviewed Antonia Fraser in London ...
Marie Antoinette has been a subject for both biographers and novelists. Since before her beheading by French revolutionaries, her life has been analyzed and mythologized. Biographer Antonia Fraser and ...
Young writers from West Midlands have the opportunity to win a prize of £2,000 by entering a new essay competition created and judged by award-winning historical biographers and historians. Celebrated ...
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