1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner
W.B. Yeats: A Life: Volume 1. The Apprentice Mage, 1865-1914
R.F. Foster
This is the first volume in what will be the definitive biography of William Butler Yeats. The text, written by eminent Irish historian R.F. Foster, illuminates not only the wellspring of Yeats’ artistic vision, but the modern Irish identity he helped to c…
1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Shortlist
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Jon Lee Anderson
Standing in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. Turner
Anthony Bailey
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong
Jonathan Dimbleby
