Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter: A Literary Love Story
Perhaps no one can better appreciate Antonia Fraser’s memoir of her marriage to playwright Harold Pinter than Norris Church Mailer, who finds surprising parallels to her own life with Norman Mailer.

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Lady Antonia Fraser, 1970.
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Lady Antonia Fraser, November 1974.
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Playwright Harold Pinter and Lady Antonia Fraser on their wedding day, December 1980.
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English historical novelist Antonia Fraser with her husband, playwright Harold Pinter, May 1985.
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Antonia Fraser, May 1985.
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Courtesy of Antonia Fraser

Courtesy of Antonia Fraser

Courtesy of Antonia Fraser
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