New Releases by Antonia Fraser

This gourmet collection of Jemima Shore features her very first case at a Catholic boarding school. Sleuth from the age of fifteen, Jemima goes on to solve other mysteries including The Case of the Parr Children, Your Appointment Is Cancelled, and Death of an Old Dog.

From bestselling biographer and historian Antonia Fraser comes a study of the legend of the Warrior Queens--from the first century A.D. Briton, Boudica, to the 20th century triumvirate of Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, and Margaret Thatcher. 24 page of illustrations.

The letters in this anthology are grouped according to the emotions they convey: passions, ecstasies and total love, fears, worries, and jealousies. The lovers or would-be loved range from the famous and expected, Heloise and Abelard, Jane Carlyle, Vanessa to Swift, Byron, Zelda Fitzgerald, Napoleon, Henry VIII, Goethe, Keats, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Mozart to lesser known but equally poignant correspondents.

A Jemima Shore Mystery.

The first collection of short mystery stories by the creator of Jemima Shore, investigator.

The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to ''nothing but the name''. After his valiant attempt to regain the throne was defeated by Cromwell at Worcester, the King made his epic escape - to years of exile, poverty and humiliation in Europe. The ''miraculous'' Restoration ushered in a reign coloured by a series of equally dramatic events: the Great Plague, the Fire of London, two Dutch Wars, the bizarre Popish Plot, and finally the efforts of the Whigs to exclude his Catholic brother James from the succession, culminating in the King''s unexpected triumph over them at the Oxford Parliament of 1681. A lover of women, passionate planner of parks and palaces and friend of the arts, this was the man who was to overcome the many problems of hi s reign and die not only in control of his country but in the affection of his countrymen. In this meticulously researched biography, Antonia Fraser offers important judgements and reassessments on central q

The acclaimed biographer details the life, reign, and impact of King Charles II of England, revealing him to have been far more serious, sensible, and competent than has been thought

When a murder takes place in a secluded tower at Blessed Eleanor''s Convent in Sussex and the victim is an old school friend, Britain''s most popular TV reporter Jemima Shore finds herself in the middle of a disturbing puzzle. The dead woman, a nun, was to inherit one of the largest fortunes in Britain.Jemima walks into the eye of a worldly storm of fear -- and the more she learns, the clearer it becomes that more lives, including her own, are being threatened. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

When King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England in 1603 he had ruled his native land almost as long as had Queen Elizabeth. He showed both vision and determination in pursuing his major political goals: a united Britain, and a foreign policy based on peace rather than bellicose chauvinism. Of course, there was a darker side: in the face of growing Parliamentary opposition, he would need all his celebrated wisdom to prevent open conflict. This book is a sympathetic portrait of a worthy first king of Great Britain.

Tells the story of dolls of all ages and in many countries. Particular attention paid to materials from which dolls have been made.