James Tait Black Memorial Prize

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Life of Thomas MorePeter AckroydPeter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a li...Amazon1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistD.H. Lawrence: Dying Game, 1922-1930 (Volume 3 of The Cambridge Biography of D.H. Lawrence)David EllisAmazonThe Hidden Wordsworth: Poet, Lover, Rebel, SpyKenneth R. JohnstonAmazonThe Trials of Radclyffe HallDiana SouhamiAmazonVictor Hugo: A BiographyGraham RobbAmazon

2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerCharles Darwin: The Power of PlaceJanet BrowneTraces the life of the great British scientist, describes his travels as a naturalist, and traces the development of his theories....Amazon2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistGellhorn: A Twentieth Century LifeCaroline MooreheadAmazonWhite Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century IndiaWilliam DalrympleAmazon

1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerW.B. Yeats: A Life: Volume 1. The Apprentice Mage, 1865-1914R.F. FosterThis 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...Amazon1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistChe Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeJon Lee AndersonAmazonStanding in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. TurnerAnthony BaileyAmazonThe Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong KongJonathan DimblebyAmazonTurner: A LifeJames HamiltonAmazon

1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThomas Cranmer: A LifeDiarmaid MacCullochThe first major biography of its subject in more than thirty years makes use of new British manuscript sources to draw a rich portrait of Henry VIII's archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the Reformation. UP....Amazon

1995 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerAlbert Speer: His Battle With TruthGitta SerenyA profile of Albert Speer is based on letters, interviews, and personal writings, and details his unhappy childhood, friendship with Hitler, and remorse over his crimes....Amazon

1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerUnder My Skin: Volume 1 of My Autobiography, to 1949Doris May LessingThe first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of ‘The Grass is Singing’ and ‘The Golden Notebook’, and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Winner of the James Tait Black Prize 1994....Amazon