Hessell-Tiltman Prize
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The Hessell-Tiltman History Prize is awarded to the best work of history covering a period before WWII published in that year. The prize is organized by the United Kingdom division of PEN. It was founded in 2002 after PEN received a large was bequest from Marjorie Hessell-Tiltman. Each year's winner receives £3000.
Past Winners:
Winner
- Tom Holland, Rubicon
Shortlist
- James Buchan, Capital of the Mind: How Edinburgh Changed the World
- Norman Davies, Rising’44: ‘The Battle for Warsaw’
- Richard Fletcher, The Cross and the Crescent: the dramatic story of the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims
- Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- Diarmaid MacCulloch, Reformation: Europe’s House Divided 1490-1700
Winner
- Jenny Uglow, The Lunar Society
Shortlist
- William Dalrymple, White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th Century India
- Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Pilgrimage of Grace: The Rebellion that Shook Henry VIII's Throne
- Munro Price, The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Baron de Breteuil
- A.N. Wilson, The Victorians
2002: Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
[edit] See also
- List of literary awards
- List of British literary awards
- List of prizes
- Prizes named after people
- List of years in literature
