The Antonia Fraser Collection by Fraser, Antonia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Contents Mary Queen of Scots

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Epigraph List of Illustrations Author’s Note Foreword to the New Edition Family Trees Part One: The Young Queen

1 All Men Lamented 2 England’s Rough Wooing 3 The Most Perfect Child 4 Betrothal 5 Queen-Dauphiness 6 The White Lily of France 7 Mary the Widow

Part Two: The Personal Rule

8 The State of the Realm 9 Conciliation and Reconciliation 10 Governor Good and Gracious 11 The Fall of Huntly 12 A Husband for a Girl 13 The Carnal Marriage 14 Our Most Special Servant 15 Breakdown 16 The Murder of Darnley 17 The Mermaid and the Hare 18 Lochleven

Plates Part Three: The Captivity

19 In Foreign Bands 20 Her Privy Letters 21 My Norfolk 22 The Uses of Adversity 23 Mother and Son 24 The Babington Plot 25 Trial 26 The Dolorous Stroke 27 Epilogue: The Theatre of the World

Appendix Reference Notes Bibliography Index

Cromwell

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Epigraph Illustrations Map Author’s Note Calendar of Events in the Life of Oliver Cromwell Preface for the 2008 edition PART ONE: The Government of Himself

1: By Birth a Gentleman 2: His Own Fields 3: Growing to Authority 4: Grand Remonstrance

PART TWO: War and Peace

5: Noble and Active Colonel Cromwell 6: Ironsides 7: Happy Victory 8: Falling Out Among Themselves 9: The Game at Cards 10: The Mischievous War 11: Providence and Necessity

PART THREE: The Commonwealth of England

12: All Things Become New 13: Ireland: Effusion of Blood 14: Scotland: The Decision of the Cause 15: A Settlement of the Nation 16: At the Edge of Prophecies

PART FOUR: Lord Protector

17: Grandeur 18: Briers and Thorns 19: At Work in the World 20: Jews and Major-Generals 21: A Royal Sceptre 22: Old Oliver, New Ideas 23: The Great Captain 24: Cromwell’s Dust

References Reference Books Index

King Charles II

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Author’s Note Part One: The Hopeful Prince

1 Heaven Was Liberal 2 ‘I Fear Them Not!’ 3 Present Miseries 4 Dependence 5 The King’s Son

Part Two: Nothing but the Name

6 A Candle to the Devil 7 Ravished at Worcester 8 Heroical Figure 9 A Difficult Game 10 The Courtesies and the Injuries 11 At the Waterside

Part Three: This Golden Age

12 Noah’s Dove 13 The Best of Queens 14 The Dutch Business 15 Black Day 16 This Revolution 17 A Very Near Alliance 18 Virtues and Imperfections

Part IV: The Monarchy in Danger

19 Subsisting Together? 20 The Knot in the Comb 21 Peace For His Own Time 22 Against Exclusion 23 A King at Chess

Part Five: His Autumnal Fortune

24 Bolder and Older 25 Another Way of Ruling 26 The Dregs of Life 27 His Royal Ashes

References Reference Books Picture Section Index

The Weaker Vessel

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Author’s Note Chronology of Important Events 1603–1702 Prologue: How Weak? Part One: As It Was – This Blessed Knot

1 A Wife Sought for Wealth 2 Affection Is False 3 Crown to her Husband 4 The Pain and the Peril 5 Are You Widows? 6 Poor and Atrabilious 7 Unlearned Virgins 8 Living under Obedience

Part Two: With the War – Stronger Grown

9 Courage above her Sex 10 His Comrade 11 A Soliciting Temper 12 Sharing in the Commonwealth 13 When Women Preach

Part Three: Afterwards – A Continual Labour

14 Worldly Goods 15 Divorce from Bed and Board 16 Benefiting by Accomplishments 17 Petticoat-Authors 18 Helping in God’s Vineyard 19 The Delight of Business 20 Wanton and Free 21 Actress as Honey-Pot 22 The Modest Midwife

Epilogue: How Strong? References Reference Books Plates Index

The Warrior Queens

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Author’s Note Part One

1. A Singular Exception 2. Antique Glories 3. The Queen of War 4. Iceni: this Powerful Tribe 5. Ruin by a Woman 6. The Red Layer 7. Eighty Thousand Dead 8. O Zenobia!

Part Two

9. Matilda, Daughter of Peter 10. England’s Domina 11. Lion of the Caucasus 12. Isabella with her Prayers 13. Elizabetha Triumphans 14. Jinga at the Gates 15. Queen versus Monster 16. The Valiant Rani 17. Iron Ladies 18. Unbecoming in a Woman?

Reference Notes Plates Index

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Cover Title Page Praise for The Six Wives of Henry VIII Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Family trees Prologue Part One: Catherine of Aragon

1 Arthur’s Dearest Spouse 2 The Princess in his Power 3 Golden World 4 Example of Wedlock 5 Without an Heir Male

Part Two: Anne Boleyn

6 A Fresh Young Damsel 7 The King and his Lady 8 People May Grumble 9 Hail Anna! 10 The Most Happy?

Part Three: Jane Seymour

11 Very Modest Behaviour 12 The Third Marriage 13 Entirely Beloved

Part Four: Anna of Cleves & Katherine Howard

14 An Unendurable Bargain 15 That Young Girl Katherine 16 Old Man’s Jewel

Part Five: Catherine Parr

17 Necessity and the Widow 18 Obedient to Husbands 19 Farewell Admirable Queen

Epilogue

20 What the King Lusted

References Reference Books Picture Section Index

The Gunpowder Plot

Cover Title Page Praise Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Family Trees Map of the conspirators in the Midlands Author’s Note Prologue: Bountiful Beginnings PART ONE: Before the Fruit Was Ripe

1 Whose Head for the Crown? 2 The Honest Papists 3 Diversity of Opinions

Part Two: The Horse of St George

4 A King and his Cubs 5 Spanish Charity 6 Catesby as Phaeton

Part Three: That Furious and Fiery Course

7 So Sharp a Remedy 8 Pernicious Gunpowder 9 There Is a Risk … 10 Dark and Doubtful Letter

Plates Part Four: Discovery – By God or the Devil

11 Mr Fawkes Is Taken 12 The Gentler Tortures 13 Fire and Brimstone 14 These Wretches

Part Five: The Shadow of Death

15 The Heart of a Traitor 16 The Jesuits’ Treason 17 Farewells 18 Satan’s Policy?

Notes References Books Index

Marie Antoinette

Cover Title Page Praise Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Family Tree Map Author’s Note Part One: Madame Antoine

1 A Small Archduchess 2 Born to Obey 3 Greatness 4 Sending an Angel

Part Two: The Dauphine

5 France’s Happiness 6 In Front of the Whole World 7 Strange Behaviour 8 Love of a People

Part Three: Queen Consort

9 In Truth a Goddess 10 An Unhappy Woman? 11 You Shall Be Mine … 12 Fulfilling Their Wishes

Plates Part Four: Queen and Mother

13 The Flowers of the Crown 14 Acquisitions 15 Arrest the Cardinal! 16 Madame Deficit 17 Close to Shipwreck 18 Hated, Humbled, Mortified

Part Five: The Austrian Woman

19 Her Majesty the Prisoner 20 Great Hopes 21 Departure at Midnight 22 Up to the Emperor 23 Violence and Rage 24 The Tower

Part Six: Widow Capet

25 Unfortunate Princess 26 The Head of Antoinette 27 Epilogue

Notes Sources Index

Love and Louis XIV

Cover Title Page Praise Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Author’s Note Chronological Political Summary Principal Characters Epigraph Family Trees PART ONE - Spring

CHAPTER 1 - Gift from Heaven CHAPTER 2 - Vigour of the Princess CHAPTER 3 - Peace and the Infanta CHAPTER 4 - Our Court’s Laughing Face CHAPTER 5 - Sweet Violence

PART TWO - Summer

CHAPTER 6 - The Rise of Another CHAPTER 7 - Marriages Like Death CHAPTER 8 - A Singular Position CHAPTER 9 - Throwing Off a Passion CHAPTER 10 - Madame Now

PART THREE - Autumn

CHAPTER 11 - The King’s Need CHAPTER 12 - Grandeurs of the World CHAPTER 13 - Becoming a Child Again

PART FOUR - Winter

CHAPTER 14 - Gaiety Begins to Go CHAPTER 15 - We Must Submit CHAPTER 16 - Going on a Journey CHAPTER 17 - Never Forget

Notes Further Notes Sources Index Illustrations

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