Wolfson History Prize Winners

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Winners

	Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688 by Clare Jackson 3.92 avg rating — 185 ratings Wolfson History Prize (2022)	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
	Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh 3.85 avg rating — 652 ratings Wolfson History Prize (2021)	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 Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia 4.23 avg rating — 522 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution by Mary Fulbrook 4.39 avg rating — 72 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation by Peter Marshall 4.29 avg rating — 214 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Meetings with remarkable manuscripts (Hardback) /anglais by DE HAMEL CHRISTOPHE 4.43 avg rating — 1,295 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann 4.52 avg rating — 1,693 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Augustine: Conversions to Confessions by Robin Lane Fox 3.81 avg rating — 211 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I by Alexander Watson (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 810 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History by Catherine Merridale 3.88 avg rating — 519 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World by Cyprian Broodbank 4.31 avg rating — 135 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Brigden 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy by Christopher Duggan 4.15 avg rating — 144 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland by Alexandra Walsham 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life by Susie Harries 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire by Nicholas Thomas 3.36 avg rating — 44 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century by Ruth Harris 3.82 avg rating — 182 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Divided Houses: The Hundred Years War, Volume 3 by Jonathan Sumption 4.64 avg rating — 205 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814 by Dominic Lieven 4.12 avg rating — 961 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession by Margaret M. McGowan 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard 4.10 avg rating — 3,821 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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 4.13 avg rating — 95 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 by John Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 1,269 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London by Vic Gatrell 4.18 avg rating — 143 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 by Christopher Clark 4.15 avg rating — 4,515 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze 4.52 avg rating — 2,105 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 by Chris Wickham 4.38 avg rating — 162 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600 by Evelyn Welch 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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
	The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914 by C.A. Bayly 3.79 avg rating — 415 ratings Wolfson History Prize (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