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A Splash of Red: A Jemima Shore Mystery by Antonia Fraser
Category: Crime and Thrillers
How well do we ever know our friends? When Jemima Shore offers to flat-sit for her friend Chloe, the last thing she is expecting is threatening anonymous phone calls on her very first night. A vicious assault by Chloe's ex-lover the next morning forces Jemima to accept that she knows very little about h ...Show more
Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England by Antonia Fraser
Category: History | Series: Continuum Histories
Strickland was possibly the most celebrated English female historical biographer of the 19th Century. Antonia Fraser selects her best writing and explains its importance. "The Lives of the Queens of England" were among the most popular of all Victorian historical publications. They remain an important p ...Show more
Case of the Married Woman - Caroline Norton: a 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women by Antonia Fraser
Category: Biography
'Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular' Guardian'As a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals' Sunday TimesCAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women.Poet, pamphleteer and artist's muse, Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century s ...Show more
Cool Repentance: A Jemima Shore Mystery by Antonia Fraser
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Jemima Shore Ser.
'Was that what you thought - that you would come back, come back here to beautiful Lark, and get away with it, did you expect that? I can hardly believe it, even of you...' A series of murders have shocked the sleepy, rural village of Lark. The deaths all coincide with the reappearance of actress Christ ...Show more
Cromwell : Our Chief of Men by Antonia Fraser
Category: History
No Englishman has made more impact on the history of his nation than Oliver Cromwell; few have been so persistently maligned in the folklore of history. The central purpose of Antonia Fraser's book is the recreation of his life and character, freed from the distortions of myth and Royalist propaganda. C ...Show more
Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave: A Jemima Shore Mystery by Antonia Fraser
Category: Short Stories
From treachery in the Caribbean to mischief in the Mediterranean, from murderous drama to sleek black comedy, from a baffling number of suspects to a single confrontation with a maniacal rapist, here is a tantalising and varied excursion round motives and methods in the realm of crime - a collection of ...Show more
Jemima Shore's First Case: A Jemima Shore Mystery by Antonia Fraser
Category: Crime and Thrillers
In this collection of mysterious and thrilling short stories, Jemima Shore is at her sparkling best as she solves the case of the Parr children in a remote corner of the Scottish Highlands and elegantly deals with a missing bride in Venice. From murders and ghostly visitors to devious plots and family f ...Show more
King Charles II by Antonia Fraser
Category: History
Spanning his life both before and after the Restoration, Antonia Fraser's biography captures all the vitality of the man and the expansiveness of the age.
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit by Antonia Fraser
Category: Biography
From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She also had a merciless wit and talent for mimicry. She spoke French and German fluently, knew Greek and ...Show more
Lady Caroline Lamb - A Free Spirit by Antonia Fraser
Category: General Biography
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints. From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting ...Show more
Love Letters: An Anthology by Antonia Fraser
Category: Biography Memoir
A personal anthology, Antonia Fraser has chosen the letters for their emotional power, or state of love expressed. The categories include Passions, Ecstasies, Fears and Worries, Declarations and Farewells. He includes Byron, Keats, Abelard and Heloise and also the anonymous like a Japanese wife whose hu ...Show more