James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography

1986 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerHelen Waddell: A BiographyFelicitas Corrigan...Amazon

1987 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerVictor Gollancz: A BiographyRuth Dudley Edwards...Amazon

1988 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerYoung Ludwig: Wittgenstein's Life, 1889-1921Brian McGuinness...Amazon

1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerFederico Garcia Lorca: A LifeIan GibsonKnown primarily as a poet and dramatist, Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca published four books before his early death in the Spanish Civil War. This biography gives an account of his family, his homosexuality and his mysterious death, as well as tracin...Amazon

1990 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles DickensClaire TomalinIn this remarkable work of biography and scholarly reconstruction, the acclaimed biographer of Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys and Jane Austen rescues Nelly from the shadows of history, not only returning the neglected ......Amazon

1991 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerDarwin: The Life of a Tormented EvolutionistAdrian Desmond, James MooreA biography of the naturalist disputes misconceptions, discussing how Darwin concealed his theory of evolution for twenty years, agonizing over its implications and the impact it would have on his social standing....Amazon

1992 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher MarloweCharles NichollA brilliant mix of detective story, history and biography. In 1593, the controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house and the official account -- a violent quarrel over the bill -- has long been regarde...Amazon

1993 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerDr. Johnson & Mr. SavageRichard HolmesA classic reissue of Richard Holmes’s brilliant book on Samuel Johnson’s friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography....Amazon