Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Winners

The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography was established in 2003 in affectionate memory of Elizabeth Longford, the acclaimed biographer, ...more

Winners

	Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier by David J. Hayton 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian T. Jackson 4.42 avg rating — 1,132 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett 4.13 avg rating — 631 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee by John Bew 4.45 avg rating — 1,301 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity by Andrew Gailey 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre 4.19 avg rating — 28,809 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands by Charles Moore 4.17 avg rating — 1,223 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset 3.64 avg rating — 1,026 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Survive the Titanic: or, The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson 3.48 avg rating — 836 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler 3.93 avg rating — 57 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt 3.92 avg rating — 426 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florence Nightingale: The Making of an Icon by Mark Bostridge 3.77 avg rating — 211 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain by Rosemary Hill 4.17 avg rating — 105 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 154 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pétain: How the Hero of France Became a Convicted Traitor and Changed the Course of History by Charles Williams 3.64 avg rating — 61 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis and the Road to War by Ian Kershaw 3.71 avg rating — 185 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Madge: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, the First Woman to Live by Her Pen by Katie Whitaker 3.70 avg rating — 101 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour 3.75 avg rating — 81 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Kenneth Clark by James Stourton 4.32 avg rating — 134 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones 3.61 avg rating — 271 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper 3.94 avg rating — 946 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby by Joe Moshenska 3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Louis XVI by John Hardman 3.58 avg rating — 72 ratings Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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