Antonia Fraser

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Described as a 'wonderful book' about Mary, Queen of Scots, in which Fraser describes the murder of Lord Darnley as 'the most debatable, as well as surely the most worked over murder in history.' Fraser's view is that Mary was a tender-hearted person who would never have been involved in the murder.

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Antonia Fraser's 'very famous biography' is cited for character sketches of figures like the Earl of Morton and for describing how Mary 'fell violently, recklessly, and totally in love' with Darnley.

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Lady Antonia Fraser's celebrated biography of Mary, Queen of Scots was quoted at the opening describing Mary's arrival in France, and praised throughout for brilliantly evoking 'the dreamlike quality of Mary's upbringing in France.'

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Described as 'the great narrative account of the Gunpowder Plot' when discussing the theory about who sent the Monteagle letter - her thesis is that Lord Monteagle may have dictated the letter himself

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Dominic mentions reading this book about the Knights of the Round Table as a child, before reading about 'real kings'

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Mentioned by Dominic as the first historical novel he remembers reading as a child