Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Tudor | 1940 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 2 | Mary Queen of Scots | 1969 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 3 | Cleopatra | 1972 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 4 | The Weaker Vessel | 1984 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 5 | The Warrior Queens | 1988 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 6 | The Wives of Henry VIII | 1992 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 7 | An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick | 1995 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 8 | Medieval Women: Social History Of Women In England 450-1500 | 1995 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 9 | Personal History | 1997 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 10 | The Viceroy’s Daughters | 2000 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 11 | Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History | 2004 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 12 | Debs at War: 1939-1945 | 2006 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 13 | Trail Blazers | 2012 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
| 14 | Women In England 1500-1760 | 2013 | Antonia Fraser | Buy |
Antonia Fraser’s Women in History books examine the lives of individual women and the wider social conditions that shaped their experiences. The series includes full biographies like Mary Queen of Scots (1969) and broader studies like The Weaker Vessel (1984), which looked at women’s lives in seventeenth-century England. Fraser was writing about women’s history before it was a widely recognized academic field.
The books span a huge range, from ancient Egypt with Cleopatra to twentieth-century Britain with Debs at War. Whether she is writing about a single queen or about ordinary women across centuries, Fraser keeps the focus on what daily life actually looked like. These are works of popular history that remain widely read decades after publication.