Books & authors

Longlist

2004

Backroom Boys The Secret Return of the British Boffin

Francis Spufford

Longlist

2004

Orwell The Life

D.J. Taylor

Longlist

2004

Rivers of Gold The Rise of the Spanish Empire

Hugh Thomas

Longlist

2004

Eats, Shoots and Leaves The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Lynne Truss

Longlist

2004

The Journals of a White Sea Wolf

Mariusz Wilk

Winner

2003

Pushkin A Biography

T.J. Binyon

Shortlist

2003

Natasha's Dance A Cultural History of Russia

Orlando Figes

Shortlist

2003

The Devil That Danced On The Water A Daughter’s Memoir

Aminatta Forna

Shortlist

2003

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

Olivia Judson

Shortlist

2003

Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self

Claire Tomalin

Longlist

2003

Albion The Origins of the English Imagination

Peter Ackroyd

Longlist

2003

Revenge A Story of Hope

Laura Blumenfeld