Antonia Fraser, CBE, has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the NORTON MEDLICOTT MEDAL by the Historical Association in 2000. She was married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in Holland Park, London.
A judicious mixture of puzzle, excitement, and terror ... [the story] is written with humour and sympathy and has a heroine of whom, happily, it is promised that we shall know more Fraser writes with fluent flair - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH