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From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanu...

Review Leavens scholarship with wit and casts new light on themes one might have thought familiar -- Bel Mooney ― Sunday Times She controls this ...

Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the wome...

Review Fraser gives insightful judgment on the questions that remain questions despite Caroline'sextensive archive ... Fraser's is a spirited book...

The bestselling historian's biography of a decisive figure in England's history.

With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Drama...

A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage. 'I first saw Harold across a crowded room, but it was lunchtime, ...

The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr - have become def...

Review The foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century. ― Swedish Academy citation on awarding Harold Pin...

'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is...

Celebrate the fight for love, honor, and the Scottish Highlands with this keepsake note card set featuring the Fraser crest from the popular televi...