Books & authors

Winner

2004

Stasiland Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

Anna Funder

Shortlist

2004

Gulag A History of the Soviet Camps

Anne Applebaum

Shortlist

2004

John Clare A Biography

Jonathan Bate

Shortlist

2004

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Shortlist

2004

The Zanzibar Chest A Memoir of Love and War

Aidan Hartley

Shortlist

2004

Rubicon The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

Longlist

2004

On Being John McEnroe

Tim Adams

Longlist

2004

Capital of the Mind How Edinburgh Changed the World

James Buchan

Longlist

2004

Margaret Thatcher Vol 2 The Iron Lady

John Campbell

Longlist

2004

A Thing in Disguise The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

Kate Colquhoun

Longlist

2004

Bobby Fischer Goes to War How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Match of All Time

David Edmonds

Longlist

2004

Sowing the Wind The Managing of the Middle East 1900-1960

John Keay