Samuel Johnson Prize: Långa listan

En bok om Habsburgarna är med på den långa listan.


"The prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of all non-fiction books in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography autobiography and the arts." Hela £20 000 rikare blir vinnaren- inte fy skam, med andra ord.


Small Wars, Far Away Places av Michael Burleigh (Macmillan)

 Empires of the Dead av David Crane (William Collins)

 The Return of a King av William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury)

 A Sting in the Tale av Dave Goulson (Jonathan Cape)
Den här boken handlar om humlor-svår... att motstå...."Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent the short-haired bumblebee now only exists in the wilds of New Zealand, the descendants of a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century. Dave Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land is one of the highlights of a book that includes exclusive research into these curious creatures, history's relationship with the bumblebee and advice on how to protect it for all time."

 Under Another Sky av Charlotte Higgins (Jonathan Cape) (Om romartidens England.)

 The Memory Palace av Edward Hollis (Portobello)

 The Pike av Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate) - som handlar om Gabriele D’Annunzio.

 Disraeli av Douglas Hurd and Edward Young (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

 Modernity Britain av David Kynaston (Bloomsbury)

 Diana Vreeland av Amanda Mackenzie Stuart (Thames and Hudson)

 The War That Ended Peace av Margaret Macmillan (Profile)

 Margaret Thatcher av Charles Moore (Allen Lane)

 Time's Anvil av Richard Morris (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

 Edmund Burke av Jesse Norman (William Collins)

 The Story of the Jews av Simon Schama (Bodley Head)

 Far From The Tree av Andrew Solomon (Chatto & Windus)

 Everest: The First Ascent av Harriet Tuckey (Rider)

 Danubia av Simon Winder (Picador)

Det finns flera böcker här som jag blir intresserad av. Simon Winders berättelse om Habsburgarna är en av dem, Margaret MacMillans "The War That Ended Peace" är en annan och både "A Sting in the Tale" (om humlor) och biografin om D'Annunzio lockar.

Den 4 november får vi veta vem som kammat hem det här priset.