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“Vivid… exemplify the art of historical biography” – Shortlist for 2020 Elizabeth Longford Prize

ByMartin Reed 15 April 202112 September 2022

Announcing the shortlist for the 2021 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography – four books that “exemplify the art of studying people’s lives close up”.

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Winner of the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography

ByMartin Reed 8 May 201930 October 2022

The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography: A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane).

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Shortlist for the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography

ByMartin Reed 18 April 201930 October 2022

The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.

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