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Antonia Fraser

    August 27, 1932

    Antonia Fraser is an acclaimed historical writer whose works delve into pivotal moments and figures of British history. Her narratives are characterized by meticulous research and vivid storytelling, bringing past eras to life for the reader. Fraser frequently explores the lives of women throughout history, reconstructing their experiences from period documents to create compelling portraits. Her approach blends deep analysis with engaging narrative, making her books essential reading for history and literature enthusiasts alike.

    Antonia Fraser
    Love and Louis XIV : The Women in the Life of the Sun King
    The Case of the Married Woman
    The Six Wives of Henry VIII
    Cool Repentance
    The Weaker Vessel Part Two
    The Clans of the Scottish Highlands
    • The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb , whose love affair with the poet Lord Byron scandalised British society, by one of the UK's best-loved historians

      Lady Caroline Lamb2023
      3.5
    • The scandal of nineteenth-century Britain: the sensational trial of Caroline Norton for adultery with the first Victorian Prime Minister

      The Case of the Married Woman2021
      3.8
    • The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians.

      My History2015
      3.5
    • From beloved historian Antonia Fraser, the two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed.

      Perilous Question2014
      3.8
    • Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general, including his mother Anne of Austria, his two sisters-in-law who were Duchesses d'Orléans in succession, Henriette-Anne and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson.

      Love and Louis XIV : The Women in the Life of the Sun King2007
      4.0
    • Ludvík XIV. a jeho osudové ženy

      • 345 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Historicky erudovaný obraz francouzského královského dvora za vlády Ludvíka XIV. je věnovaný především biografii několika slavných žen, které osudově ovlivnily jeho život a často se podílely i na politických rozhodnutích. Kniha renomované anglické autorky nepojednává pouze o oficiálních milenkách Ludvíka XIV.(Marie Manciniová, Luisa de La Valliere, Madame de Montespan či Françoise de Maintenon a další), ale charakterizuje jeho vztah k ženám i obecně. První z osudových žen Ludvíka XIV. byla pochopitelně jeho matka Anna Rakouská, která jako regentka vlastními ambicemi ovlivnila první léta jeho vlády, druhou královna Marie Tereza, dcera španělského Filipa IV. Brzy však Ludvíkův bouřlivý soukromý život i přes opatrný nesouhlas katolické církve, proslavil francouzský královský dvůr jako místo galantní zábavy, přepychu a rozkoše. Autorka se v knize zaměřila především na vývoj vztahu s notoricky známými milenkami, snažila se zachytit velkolepost a atmosféru králova dvora i jeho bezprostřední frivolnost. Dalším výrazným tématem knihy je neutuchající zápas katolické církve o spásu královy duše a kromě barvitě a detailně vykreslených dobových poměrů se v knize nevyhnutelně mezi řádky objevují i úvahy o postavení žen ve Francii 17. století.

      Ludvík XIV. a jeho osudové ženy2007
      4.1
    • A Jemima Shore Mystery: Tartan Tragedy

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The body of a young man has been found floating in a pool on a remote island in the Scottish Highlands. It just happens to be the island that TV reporter Jemima Shore has rented for a holiday - a holiday that is rapidly falling apart.

      A Jemima Shore Mystery: Tartan Tragedy2006
    • Oscar Storia - 342: Maria Antonietta

      La solitudine di una regina

      • 554 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN 'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT 'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superbly researched ... the definitive work on the ill-fated queen' CATHOLIC HERALD Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny. Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.

      Oscar Storia - 342: Maria Antonietta2004