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.

Winners

2020s

2022 * Winner: Andrew Roberts for ''George III: The Life and Reign of Britain’s Most Misunderstood Monarch'' (

Allen Lane Sir Allen Lane (born Allen Lane Williams; 21 September 1902 – 7 July 1970) was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fictio ...

) Shortlist: *

Timothy Brennan Timothy Andres Brennan (born 1953) is a cultural theorist, professor of literature, public speaker, and activist. He is known for his work on American imperialism, the political role of intellectuals, Afro-Latin music, and the problem of the "human" ...

for ''Places of Mind, A Life of Edward Said'' (Bloomsbury) *

Helen Carr Helen Carr is a journalist and emeritus professor of English and comparative literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her book on the imagist movement was described by Ian Sansom in ''The Guardian'' as "the most comprehensive book on the ...

for ''The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster'' ( Oneworld Publications) *

Jonathan Petropoulos Jonathan Petropoulos (born January 10, 1961) is an American historian who writes about National Socialism and, in particular, the fate of art looted during World War II. He is John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna Colleg ...

for ''Göring's Man in Paris: The Story of A Nazi Art Plunderer and His World'' ( Yale University Press) * Jane Ridley for ''George V: Never a Dull Moment'' (Chatto & Windus) 2021 * Winner: Fredrik Logevall for ''JFK: Vol 1'' ( Penguin Books) Shortlist: *

Sudhir Hazareesingh Sudhir Hazareesingh (18 October 1961) is a British-Mauritian historian. He has been a fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford since 1990. Most of his work relates to modern political history from 1850; including the histor ...

for ''Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture'' (Allen King) * Sarah LeFanu for ''Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War'' ( Hurst) * Samanth Subramanian for ''A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S Haldane'' ( Atlantic) 2020 * Winner: D W. Hayton for ''Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier'' Shortlist: * Andrew S. Curran for ''Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely'' *

Richard J. Evans Sir Richard John Evans (born 29 September 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume ''The Third Reich Trilogy'' (2003–2008). Evans was ...

for ''Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History'' * Oliver Soden for ''Michael Tippett: The Biography'' *

A. N. Wilson Andrew Norman Wilson (born 27 October 1950)"A. N. Wilson"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''.

for '' Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy''

2010s

2019 * Winner: Julian Jackson for ''A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle'' Shortlist: *

Diarmaid MacCulloch Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was former ...

for ''Thomas Cromwell: A Life'' * Andrew Roberts for ''Churchill: Walking with Destiny'' *

Jeffrey C. Stewart Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (born 1950 in Chicago) is an American Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book '' T ...

for ''The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke'' 2018 *

Giles Tremlett Giles E.H. Tremlett (born Plymouth, 1962) is a historian, author and journalist based in Madrid, Spain. Tremlett is author of five works of history and non-fiction that have been translated into half a dozen languages. He won the Elizabeth Lon ...

for '' Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen'' 2017 * John Bew for ''Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee'' 2016 * Andrew Gailey for ''The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity'' 2015 *

Ben Macintyre Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre (born 25 December 1963) is a British author, reviewer and columnist for ''The Times'' newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies. Early life Macintyre is the elder son of Ang ...

for ''A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal'' 2014 * Charles Moore for '' Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography. Volume 1'' 2013 * Anne Somerset for '' Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion'' 2012 * Frances Wilson for ''How to Survive

the Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...

or The Sinking of

J. Bruce Ismay Joseph Bruce Ismay (; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official t ...

'' 2011 *

Philip Ziegler Philip Sandeman Ziegler (born 24 December 1929) is a British biographer and historian. Background Born in Ringwood, Hampshire, Ziegler was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and went with the school when it merged with Summer Field ...

for ''Edward Heath'' (bio of Edward Heath) 2010 * Tristram Hunt for ''The Frock-Coated Communist - The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels''

2000s

2009 * Mark Bostridge for '' Florence Nightingale. The Woman and Her Legend'' 2008 *

Rosemary Hill Rosemary Hill (born 10 April 1957) is an English writer and historian. Life Hill has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century cultural history, but she is best known for ''God's Architect'' (2007), her biography of Augustus Pugin. The book won ...

for ''God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain'' 2007 * Jessie Childs for ''

Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey''Thomson, I. (2014). 'God's traitors: Terror and faith in elizabethan england', by jessie childs. FT.Com. Retrieved 2021-10-16. 2006 * Charles Williams for '' Petain: How the Hero of France Became a Convicted Traitor and Changed the Course of History'' 2005 * Ian Kershaw for ''Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis, and the Road to War' 2004 * Katie Whitaker for ''Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic'' 2003 *

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...

for ''The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling''

References

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External links

Elizabeth Longford Prize at the Society of Authors

Elizabeth Longford Prize at lovethebook

Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Winners at Goodreads
Society of Authors awards Biography awards Awards established in 2003 2003 establishments in the United Kingdom