Antonia Fraser

The Lady Antonia Fraser (born August 27, 1932) is a British author of history and novels, best known for writing biographies. She is the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford, who were both eminent writers, Labour supporters and Catholic converts. Their eight children became child converts to the Roman Catholic Church. As the daughter of an Earl, Antonia Fraser is entitled to the title "Lady."

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Lady Antonia was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Her first major work was Mary, Queen of Scots (1969). She followed it up with various other biographies, including Cromwell, Our Chief of Men (1973). She won the Wolfson History Award in 1984 for The Weaker Vessel, a study of women's lives in 17th century England. She was President of English PEN from 1988-99, and was Chairman of its Writers in Prison Committee.

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