Books & authors

Longlist

2004

Reformation Europe's House Divided 1490-1700

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Longlist

2004

Mountains of the Mind A History of Fascination

Robert MacFarlane

Longlist

2004

Rivers of Gold The Rise of the Spanish Empire

Hugh Thomas

Shortlist

2003

Natasha's Dance A Cultural History of Russia

Orlando Figes

Longlist

2003

The Lost King of France Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII

Deborah Cadbury

Longlist

2003

The Righteous The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust

Martin Gilbert

Longlist

2003

A Corner of a Foreign Field The Indian History of a British Sport

Ramachandra Guha

Longlist

2003

Virgins of Venice Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Convent

Mary Laven

Winner

2002

Peacemakers The Paris Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War

Margaret MacMillan

Shortlist

2002

The Voices of Morebath Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village

Eamon Duffy

Shortlist

2002

Unfinest Hour Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia

Brendan Simms

Winner

2001

The Third Reich A New History

Michael Burleigh