The Samuel Johnson longlist announced

Small Wars, Far Away Places by Michael Burleigh (Macmillan)
Empires of the Dead by David Crane (William Collins)
The Return of a King by William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury)

A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson (Jonathan Cape)
Under Another Sky by Charlotte Higgins (Jonathan Cape)
The Memory Palace by Edward Hollis (Portobello)

The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate)
Disraeli by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Modernity Britain by David Kynaston (Bloomsbury)

Diana Vreeland by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart (Thames and Hudson)
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret Macmillan (Profile)
Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore (Allen Lane)

Time's Anvil by Richard Morris (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Edmund Burke by Jesse Norman (William Collins)
The Story of the Jews by Simon Schama (Bodley Head)

Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon (Chatto & Windus)
Everest: The First Ascent by Harriet Tuckey (Rider)
Danubia by Simon Winder (Picador)


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Penguin staffer on Samuel Johnson longlist

06.09.13 | Bookseller Staff

 

Penguin Press editor Simon Winder has made the longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013, with Danubia (Picador), his history of the Hapsburg family.

Eighteen books are in the running for the £20,000 prize.

Also on the longlist are Small Wars, Far Away Places by Michael Burleigh (Pan Macmillan); Empires of the Dead: How One Man’s Vision Led to the Creation of WWI’s War Graves by David Crane (William Collins); Return of a King by William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury); A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson (Jonathan Cape).

Also on the list are: Under Another Sky by Charlotte Higgins (Jonathan Cape); The Memory Palace by Edward Hollis (Portobello Books); The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate); Disraeli by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young (Orion); and Modernity Britain: Opening the Box by David Kynaston (Bloomsbury).

The list is completed by: Diana Vreeland: Empress of Fashion by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart (Thames & Hudson); The War that Ended Peace by Margaret Macmillan (Profile Books); Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore (Allen Lane); Time’s Anvil by Richard Morris (Weidenfeld & Nicolson); Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman (William Collins); The Story of the Jews by Simon Schama (The Bodley Head); Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon (Chatto & Windus); and Everest: The First Ascent by Harriet Tuckey (Rider Books).

The panel of judges will narrow down the list to six shortlisted titles on 30th September, with the winner announced on 4th November.