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The Wolfson History Prize 2019 shortlist is:
•Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
•Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice by Mary Fulbrook
•Trading in War: London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson by Margarette Lincoln
•Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words by Jeremy Mynott
•Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis
•Empress: Queen Victoria and India by Miles Taylor
•Building Anglo-Saxon England by John Blair
•Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice by Mary Fulbrook
•Trading in War: London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson by Margarette Lincoln
•Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words by Jeremy Mynott
•Oscar: A Life by Matthew Sturgis
•Empress: Queen Victoria and India by Miles Taylor
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In the UK, the shortlist for the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize shortlist has been announced.
The shortlisted titles are:
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (David Abulafia)
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths (John Barton)
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (Toby Green)
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire (Prashant Kidambi)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
Chaucer: A European Life (Marion Turner)
The winner will be announced 15 June.
The shortlisted titles are:
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (David Abulafia)
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths (John Barton)
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (Toby Green)
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire (Prashant Kidambi)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
Chaucer: A European Life (Marion Turner)
The winner will be announced 15 June.
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David Abulafia, winner of the prestigious Wolfson History Prize. for The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
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The books shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2021 are:
Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin
Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood by Helen McCarthy
Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack by Richard Ovenden
Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution by Geoffrey Plank
Sudhir Hazareesingh has won the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize for Black Spartacus:
Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin
Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood by Helen McCarthy
Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack by Richard Ovenden
Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution by Geoffrey Plank
Sudhir Hazareesingh has won the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize for Black Spartacus:
