Elizabeth Longford Prize
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The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography was established in 2003 in memory of Elizabeth Longford
(1906-2002), the British author, biographer and historian. The £5,000 prize is awarded annually for a historical biography published in the preceding year. The Elizabeth Longford Prize is sponsored by Flora Fraser
and Peter Soros and administered by the Society of Authors
.
Elizabeth Longford
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE, better known as Elizabeth Longford was a British author.-Life:...
(1906-2002), the British author, biographer and historian. The £5,000 prize is awarded annually for a historical biography published in the preceding year. The Elizabeth Longford Prize is sponsored by Flora Fraser
Flora Fraser (writer)
Flora Fraser Soros is an English writer of historical biographies.-Family:She is the daughter of historian and historical biographer Lady Antonia Fraser and the late Sir Hugh Fraser, a British Conservative politician. Her stepfather was the playwright Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in...
and Peter Soros and administered by the Society of Authors
Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights .It has counted amongst its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets including Tennyson The Society of Authors (UK) is a...
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Winners
- 2003 – David Gilmour for The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
- 2004 – Katie Whitaker for Mad Madge
- 2005 – Ian KershawIan KershawSir Ian Kershaw is a British historian of 20th-century Germany whose work has chiefly focused on the period of the Third Reich...
for Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis, and the Road to War' - 2006 – Charles WilliamsCharles Williams, Baron Williams of ElvelCharles Cuthbert Powell Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel CBE is a manager and Labour peer. In his 20s he played first-class cricket while at university and for several seasons afterwards.The son of N. P...
for Petain: How the Hero of France Became a Convicted Traitor and Changed the Course of History - 2007 – Jessie Childs for Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
- 2008 – Rosemary HillRosemary HillRosemary Hill is an English writer and historian. She has published widely on 19th and 20th century cultural history, but she is best known for God's Architect, her multi-award-winning biography of Augustus Pugin...
for God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain - 2009 - Mark BostridgeMark BostridgeMark Bostridge is a British writer and critic. He was born in 1960 and educated at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded the Gladstone Memorial Prize.His first book was Vera Brittain: A Life, co-written with Paul Berry and published in 1995...
for Florence Nightingale. The Woman and Her Legend - 2010 - Tristram HuntTristram HuntTristram Julian William Hunt, FRHistS MP is a British politician, historian, broadcaster and newspaper columnist, who is currently the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central. He also teaches and lectures on Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London in Mile End, East London...
for The Frock-Coated Communist - The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels - 2011 - Philip ZieglerPhilip Ziegler-Background:Born in Ringwood, Ziegler was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and went with the school when it merged with Summer Fields School, Oxford. He was afterwards at Eton College and New College, Oxford...
for Edward Heath (bio of Edward HeathEdward HeathSir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....
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