Reissued on the 40th anniversary of its first publication Antonia Fraser is one the world's best known historians and was made CBE in 1999 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS won the James Tait Prize It has been translated into nine languages THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII sold over 150,000 copies in hardback alone Sofia Coppola's movie MARIE ANTOINETTE starring Kirsten Dunst is based on Antonia Fraser's biography 'Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly and yet with scholarship, insight and balance. It is the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed' Scotsman 'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' Sunday Times 'This is a fine biography, sympathetic without sentimentality, and with a keen awareness of the texture of its subject's world' Literary Review 'Fraser writes with fluent flair' Sunday Telegraph 'Antonia Fraser long ago mastered the art of writing meticulous history so that it reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday Times

'In this classic, very readable biography, now available in a new edition, Antonia Fraser does full justice to a fascinating woman.' WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY 'More books have been written about Mary, Queen of Scots than almost any other being, yet few have matched Fraser's for elegance, sophistication and soul.' -- Rosemary Goring HERALD 'Mary's tragic story...is told with authority and compassion.' CHOICE 'The poignant descriptions of her long imprisonment are both moving and detailed and reveal just why the book became an international bestseller.' HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER

Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works. She was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She lives in London and is currently working on a biography of Queen Elizabeth I. She was married to Harold Pinter who died on Christmas Eve 2008 and she has eighteen grandchildren.