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A very nice copy of this edition. Very clean and tidy protected dust wrapper*. No significant dirt. No chips or tears. A little bumping / edge wear to the wrapper. Not clipped. The book itself is very clean and tidy, with no significant damage to it. No inscriptions. (*All our wrappers are protected in removable clear plastic film). ; 8vo 7 �" - 9 �" tall; More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages.<P>Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four.<P>Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times Bookseller reference : 106690 |
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New York, Doubleday Publishing; Nan A. Talese. 2001, First U.S. Edition. (ISBN: 038548948X) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, xxii, 512 pp. illus. (some col.), map, biblio. index; 25 cm. AS NEW. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Never before has the life of Marie Antoinette been told so intimately and with such authority as in Antonia Fraser's newest work, Marie Antoinette: The Journey. Famously known as the eighteenth-century French queen whose excesses have become legend, Marie Antoinette was blamed for instigating the French Revolution. But the story of her journey begun as a fourteen-year-old sent from Vienna to marry the future Louis XVI to her courageous defense before she was sent to the guillotine reveals a woman of greater complexity and character than we have previously understood. We stand beside Marie Antoinette and witness the drama of her life as she becomes a scapegoat of the Ancien Regime when her faults were minor in comparison to the punishments inflicted on her. The youngest daughter, fifteenth out of sixteen children, of Austrian empress Maria Teresa and Francis I, Marie Antoinette was sent on a literal journey by her mother from Vienna to Versailles with the expectation that she would further Austrian interests at all times. Yet, Marie Antoinette was by nature far from interested in state affairs and much more inclined to exert a gracious, philanthropic role, patronizing the arts especially music, as royalty would come to behave in the nineteenth century. Despite this the French accused her of political interference and wrote scandalous tracts against her, mocking her lack of sophistication. Meanwhile, longing for a family and the birth of an heir who would have cemented the Franco-Austro alliance, the French queen had to endure more than eight years of public humiliation for her barren marriage before the delivery of her first of four children. As these problems unfold, Antonia Fraser also weaves a richly detailed account of Marie Antoinette's other, more poignant journey: from the ill-educated and unprepared girl who sought refuge in pleasure as a consolation into a magnificent, courageous woman who defied her enemies at her trial with consummate intelligence, arousing the admiration of even the most hostile revolutionaries. Brilliantly written, Marie Antoinette is a work of impeccable scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of family letters and other archival materials, Antonia Fraser successfully avoids the hagiography of some the French queen's admirers and the misogyny of many of her critics. The result is an utterly riveting and intensely moving book by one of our finest biographers." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. Bookseller reference : 025999 ISBN : 038548948X |
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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King New York, Nan A. Talese; Doubleday. 2006, First U.S. Edition. (ISBN: 0385509847) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, xxviii, 388 pp. illus. (chiefly col.), biblio. index; 25 cm. AS NEW. Stated "First U.S. Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "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 riveting detail his intimate relationships with women. The king's mother, Anne of Austria, had been in a childless marriage for twenty-two years before she gave birth to Louis XIV. A devout Catholic, she instilled in her son a strong sense of piety and fought successfully for his right to absolute power. In 1660, Louis married his first cousin, Marie-Therèse, in a political arrangement. While unfailingly kind to the official 'Queen of Versailles,' Louis sought others to satisfy his romantic and sexual desires. After a flirtation with his sister-in-law, his first important mistress was Louise de La Vallière, who bore him several children before being replaced by the tempestuous and brilliant Athenais, marquise de Montespan. Later, when Athenais's reputation was tarnished, the king continued to support her publicly until Athenais left court for a life of repentance. Meanwhile her children's governess, the intelligent and seemingly puritanical Françoise de Maintenon, had already won the king's affections; in a relationship in complete contrast to his physical obsession with Athenai's, Louis XIV lived happily with Madame de Maintenon for the rest of his life, very probably marrying her in secret. When his grandson's child bride, the enchanting Adelaide of Savoy, came to Versaille she lightened the king's last years--until tragedy struck. With consummate skill, Antonia Fraser weaves insights into the nature of women's religious lives--as well as such practical matters as contraception--into her magnificent, sweeping portrait of the king, his court, and his ladies. / ANTONIA FRASER is the author of many internationally best-selling historical works, including Marie Antoinette, The Wives of Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, and Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Awards she has received include the Wolfson History Prize, the Medallion (2000) of the Historical Association, the Crime Writers' Association Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, and the Franco-British Society's Enid McLeod Literary Prize. She is married to Harold Pinter, and they live in London." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. Bookseller reference : 035529 ISBN : 0385509847 |
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Delacorte Press, 1970. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 1970 8th PRINTING HARDCOVER. 613 pages. Average dust jacket shelf wear. Binding tight, pages clean & bright. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times" "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia. Bookseller reference : 067424 |
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Delacorte Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times" "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia. Bookseller reference : 1501617 |
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Delacorte Press, 1970. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 1970 8th PRINTING HARDCOVER. 613 pages. Average dust jacket shelf wear, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times" "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia. Bookseller reference : 067672 |
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Delacorte Press, 1970. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Owner blind stamp on half-title page, average dust jacket wear. Binding tight. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times" "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia. Bookseller reference : 1500030 |
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Greenwich House / Crown Publishers, Inc. 1983. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. 1983 HARDCOVER. Beautiful hardcover in very good dust jacket. Minor dust jacket shelf wear. Binding tight, pages clean & bright. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' `Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet witih scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed.' The Scotsman `A fluent narrative style, a perfect eye for physical detail, a rich sense of the black comedy that the period demands and a high feeling for the central tragedy' Sunday Times" "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia. Bookseller reference : 064401 |
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. GEORGE WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON LTD LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM 1969 Good/No Jacket First Edition Hard Cover 0297177737 Used mild sunning to spine; spine rubbed at top and bottom; minor fading to covers, More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of 16. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of 13 years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of 44. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, "What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?" BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY HISTORICAL |
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mild sunning to spine; spine rubbed at top and bottom; minor fading to covers, More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of 16. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of 13 years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of 44. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, "What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?" Bookseller reference : 027838 ISBN : 0297177737 |
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London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1998, First Edition. 8vo, xv + 383 pages, illustrated, notes, index, signed by Antonia Fraser on the title page. Fine/Fine. Bookseller reference : 71967 ISBN : 8 |
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London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, 5th. (ISBN: 0297177737) Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mary Queen Of Scots; Fraser, Antonia: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, 5th impression. Cloth, Very Good, fading along covers edges and spine ends where jacket has lifted. Dustjacket Fair with tears chips and rubs. Endpaper genealogical table, illust. pp. xv, 613. First edition of Antonia Fraser's oft-reprinted biography of Mary Stuart, the author's first work of history. Good reference copy, tight and clean. Very Good/Fair. Bookseller reference : 12770 ISBN : 0297177737 |
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London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297177737) Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mary Queen Of Scots; Fraser, Antonia: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, 1st ed. Cloth, Near Fine with slight shelf marks on lower block edge. Dustjacket Fair with rubs and scuffs at edges and spine ends and small loss at bottom edge. Endpaper genealogical table, 46 half-tone illustrations, pp. xv, 613. First edition of Antonia Fraser's oft-reprinted biography of Mary Stuart, the author's first work of history. Tight and clean. Very Good/Fair. Bookseller reference : 13158 ISBN : 0297177737 |
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Jemima Shore's First Case And Other Stories. W. W. Norton Co., New York: February 1986. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. A gourmet collectionof Antonia Fraser's short stories of suspense and mystery. There are five Jemima Shore tales,including her first case, which took place when she was fifteen and still at her convent school, the school featured later in Jemima's career in Quiet as a Nun. Jemima is at her sparkling best as she solves the case of the Parr children in a remote corner of the Scotish Highlands and elegantly deals with the case of the missing bride on a romantic Venetian honeymoon. ¶ 613 pages. Bookseller reference : 4968X1 |
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New York, Vintage Books; Random House. 1994, First edition thus. (ISBN: 067973001X) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 482 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Vintage Books Edition, January 1994." "The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from an acclaimed biographer. 'Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler..'--New York Times Book Review. 16 color plates. 32 pages of illustrations. / Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works that have been international bestsellers. She is the recipient of many literary awards, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Saint Louis Literary Award, and the 2000 Norton Medlicott Medal of Britain's Historical Association. Her works include Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell, the Lord Protector, Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration, and most recently, Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. Four highly praised books focus on women in history: The Weaker Vessel, The Warrior Queens, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Marie Antoinette: The Journey. She is the editor of The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. Antonia Fraser is married to Harold Pinter and lives in London." - Publisher. Fine. Bookseller reference : 036639 ISBN : 067973001X |
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Granada Publishing, London: 1978. Softcover. Good reading copy. Pages are discolored. More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Includes an Index. ¶ 713 pages. Bookseller reference : 29653X1 ISBN : 0586033793 |
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Nan A. Talese, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385471890. 1.3 x 9.58 x 6.64 Inches; 347 pages; No one brings English history to life like Antonia Fraser.  In bestselling books like Mary Queen of Scots and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, she has shown why she is the finest of comtemporary popular historians, one who by meticulous research portrays the dramas of the past in all their richness and revealing detail.  Now, in Faith and Treason, she re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot.In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with it.  A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed in position thiry-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Wesminster.  Their aim was to ignite the gunpowder at the opening of the parliamentary session.  Though the charismatic Catholic Robert Catesby was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters.  In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant.In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Antonia Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night of November 5.  And in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in this long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . Bookseller reference : 84853 ISBN : 0385471890 |
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London, United Kingdom, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297177737). Hard Cover. Used, mild sunning to spine; spine rubbed at top and bottom; minor fading to covers, More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of 16. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of 13 years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of 44. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, "What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?". Good/No Jacket. Bookseller reference : 027838 ISBN : 0297177737 |
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Faith and Treason: The Gunpowder Plot New York, Doubleday; Nan A. Talese. 1996, First U.S. Edition. (ISBN: 0385471890) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, xxxv, 347 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition in the United States" Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "No one brings English history to life like Antonia Fraser. In bestselling books like Mary Queen of Scots and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, she has shown why she is the finest of comtemporary popular historians, one who by meticulous research portrays the dramas of the past in all their richness and revealing detail. Now, in Faith and Treason, she re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot. In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed in position thiry-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Wesminster. Their aim was to ignite the gunpowder at the opening of the parliamentary session. Though the charismatic Catholic Robert Catesby was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters. In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant. In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Antonia Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night of November 5. And in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in this long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. Bookseller reference : 038963 ISBN : 0385471890 |
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Faith and Treason: The Gunpowder Plot New York, Doubleday; Nan A. Talese. 1996. (ISBN: 0385471890) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, xxxv, 347 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. "No one brings English history to life like Antonia Fraser. In bestselling books like Mary Queen of Scots and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, she has shown why she is the finest of comtemporary popular historians, one who by meticulous research portrays the dramas of the past in all their richness and revealing detail. Now, in Faith and Treason, she re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot. In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed in position thiry-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Wesminster. Their aim was to ignite the gunpowder at the opening of the parliamentary session. Though the charismatic Catholic Robert Catesby was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters. In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant. In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Antonia Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night of November 5. And in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in this long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. Bookseller reference : 038964 ISBN : 0385471890 |
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. ORION BLISHING CO, 2009 Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history Bookseller reference : 9781409105305 |
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THE LIVES OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1993. 360 pages. Illustrated in b/w and colour. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Near fine/near fine wrappers. * From the series Kings and Queens of England, edited by Antonia Fraser. Bookseller reference : 223124) |
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GANZ STARKE FRAUEN, MODERNE DETEKTIVINNEN ZEIGEN WO ES LANG GEHT Scherz Verlag, Bern, Muenchen, Wien "insgesamt ordentlicher Zustand, etwas berieben Zustand: 3, gut - gebraucht, Ganz starke Frauen, Moderne Detektivinnen zeigen wo es lang geht, Armstrong, Charlotte; Cross, Amanda; Fraser, Antonia u.a." 3502514100 gut - gebraucht Bookseller reference : BU088324 |
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MARIE ANTOINETTE. ORION BLISHING CO, 2002 This title presents a new life of this legendary French queen by historian Antonia Fraser. Bookseller reference : 9780753813058 |
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CROMWELL, OUR CHIEF OF MEN. ORION BLISHING CO, 2002 A recreation of the life and complex character of Oliver Cromwell. Antonia Fraser seeks to free Cromwell from the distortions of myth and Royalist propaganda. Of Cromwell's fitness for high office, both military and civil, this text leaves no doubt. Bookseller reference : 9780753813317 |
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