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Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, CH, DBE, FRSL ( née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter.
Complete order of Antonia Fraser books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Jul 29, 2023 · Antonia Fraser doesn’t know whether she is an introvert or an extrovert: “you’d better ask someone else”. She once said that in another century, she would have made a good abbess. Today, she says, “If I were born again, I’d like to be a mezzo-soprano.”
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works, including the biographies Mary, Queen of Scots (a 40th anniversary edition was published in May 2009), Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, King Charles II and The Gunpowder Plot (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award).
Apr 29, 2022 · Antonia Fraser’s “The Case of the Married Woman” tells the story of Caroline Norton, who scandalized 19th-century London society — and upended its laws.
Oct 8, 2021 · Who’s more glamorous than Lady Antonia Fraser, famous beauty, best-selling historian, widow of a Nobel prize-winner and author of a brilliant new biography? Next, she’ll appear at the Cliveden Literary Festival this October. By David Jenkins. 8 October 2021.
Jul 1, 2023 · Lady Antonia Fraser: ‘I saw all my family at my bedside and thought I must be dying’. The historian on love affairs, a brush with death and why she won’t allow directors to change any of her...
