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Hace 4 días · Existen distintas explicaciones de por qué es así pero la que más me gusta es la que ofrece la historiadora Antonia Fraser. Utilizando como modelo para su teoría a Boadicea, otra gran reina del siglo primero de nuestra era, Fraser explica que hasta hace muy poco las mujeres han tenido un papel secundario en la historia y sin ...
Hace 23 horas · It was a command. My partner gazed at her with glowing eyes. ‘Yes, Caroline.’. And together they wandered off in the direction of Father Christmas. 'Good party members!’ said the man standing next to me, before grabbing my hand and whirling me away in a dance.
Hace 2 días · Antonia Fraser, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Weidenfield & Nicolson: 1993) John Guy, Tudor England (Oxford University Press: 1990) Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Blackwell Publishing: 2005) Miranda Kauffman, Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Oneworld Publications: 2017)
Hace 2 días · By Antonia Fraser. Pegasus Books, 2023. Hardcover, 224 pages, $28.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. “L ady Caroline Lamb broke the rules.” Who was Lady Caroline Lamb, the great rulebreaker, “free spirit,” and lady who nearly destroyed Lord Byron’s image in a day and age when adventurous promiscuity among men was a catalyst for ...
Hace 23 horas · JK Rowling and Lady Antonia Fraser are both members of the Order of Companions of Honour. Sandy was Knighted by His Majesty for services to literature, academia and charity. The honour was announced as part of the New Year Honours listing on 1 January 2024.
Hace 1 día · We are pleased to announce that Adam Nicolson has won The Pleasure of Reading Prize 2024. The Pleasure of Reading Prize recognises an author, writing in English, who brings pleasure through their writing. The prize takes its name from a 2015 anthology by Give a Book’s Patron, Lady Antonia Fraser, published by Bloomsbury. The prize money of £10,000 is shared between the winning author and a ...
Hace 23 horas · Harold Pinter’s stepdaughter Natasha A. Fraser discussed Michael Anderson’s The Quiller Memorandum (1966) with Michael Billington on Sunday (30 June). ‘Written after Joseph Losey’s The Servant (1963) and Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater (1964), Quiller was unusual for several reasons’ she said.
