Libros de Antonia Fraser

La Conspiración De La Pólvora

• 456 páginas
• Inglaterra, 1605. Las intrigas y enfrentamientos entre el catolicismo y la Iglesia de Inglaterra alcanzan su punto culminante: un grupo terrorista católico planea volar el Parlamento y derrocar al rey protestante.

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Mary Queen Of Scots

• 800 páginas
• 'Ground-breaking .. One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph 'Reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday Times An infant queen. A teenage widow. Beautiful, flamboyant Mary Queen of...

Perilous Question: Reform Or Revolution? Britain On The Brink, 1832

• Antonia Fraser's "Perilous Question" is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period..

The Wives Of Henry Viii

• 544 páginas
• The New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from the acclaimed author of   Marie Antoinette . 

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

• France's beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous " Let them..

The Wild Island

Must You Go?

• 392 páginas

Cool Repentence

Love And Louis Xiv

• 470 páginas
• The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis's accomplishments and follies, exploring in detail his intimate...

The Gunpowder Plot

• 410 páginas
• Antonia Fraser, a popular historian, has delved into archives across Europe to unravel the true story of the plot by fanatical Roman Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I at the opening of Parliament in 1605.

Marie Antoinette

• New life of the legendary French queen, Marie Antoinette, which goes beyond the image of the vacuous uncaring aristo, to reveal a woman who was a passionate patron of the arts, and who was the victim of several personal and political slurs and hate campai...

Cromwell, Our Chief Of Men

• 794 páginas
• No Englishman has made more impact on the history of his nation than 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...

The Warrior Queens

• 400 páginas
• "Antonia Fraser's Warrior Queens are those women who have both ruled and led in war. They include Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Isabella of Spain, the Rani of Jhansi, and the formidable Queen Jinga of Angola. With Boadicea as the definitive...

The Weaker Vessel

• 640 páginas
• What were the women of the Civil War era like? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Antonia Fraser brings to life the many women she has researched....

King Charles Ii

• 544 páginas
• The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. In this meticulously researched biography Antonia Fraser offers important judgements and reassessments on central questions of the reign, such as his patriotism and religious beliefs.