2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
Dan Ephron
Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder….
2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
Jonathan M. Bryant
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
David Maraniss
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
