She chronicled the life and times of Charles II in a well-reviewed 1979 eponymous biography. The book was cited as an influence on the 2003 BBC/A&E mini-series, "Charles II: The Power & the Passion", in a featurette on the DVD, by Rufus Sewell who played the title character. Fraser served as editor for many monarchical biographies, including those featured in the "Kings and Queens of England" and "Royal History of England" series, and, in 1996, she also published a book entitled "The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605", which won both the St. Louis Literary Award and the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Non-Fiction Gold Dagger.