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James Tait Black Memorial Prize

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1978 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Older HardyRobert GittingsClaire Clairmont, stepsister of Mary Shelley and mother of Byron's illegitimate daughter Allegra, has never been given a full biographical treatment until this acclaimed biography by the late Robert Gittings and Jo Manton. Drawing on her vivid letters and ...Amazon
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1982 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1982 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerOn the Black HillBruce ChatwinIdentical twins Lewis and Benjamin Jones farm their Welsh Borders property, "The Vision," for half a century, their vigor, pain, angers, and involvements leading them to a sense of salvation....Amazon
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1975 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1975 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1975 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Great Victorian CollectionBrian MooreSet in a fantastic, surreal world, 'The Great Victorian Collection' is a fascinating exploration of the disturbing, intangible nature of reality. "Moore is a brilliant storyteller, a novelist of great subtlety and depth....Amazon
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1975 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

1975 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

1975 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerCockburn's MillenniumKarl MillerHenry Cockburn (1779-1854), a leading Scottish Whig of the nineteenth century, author of the classic Memorials of His Time, is perhaps the least-known of Scotland's famous men. 'Small, solid and genuine', in Carlyle's phrase, Cockburn gave himself to a var...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerMonsieur: Or the Prince of DarknessLawrence DurrellFrom the olive trees of southern France to Gnostic cults in Egypt, a man and his lovers are invented and reinvented in this first volume of a great literary adventure. For British doctor Bruce Drexel, a return to Provence is bittersweet. Here, at a rustic ...Amazon
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1973 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1973 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1973 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Black PrinceIris MurdochBradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is torment...Amazon
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1972 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1972 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1972 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerG: A NovelJohn BergerIn this luminous novel -- winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize -- John Berger relates the story of "G.," a young man forging an energetic sexual career in Europe during the early years of this century. With profound compassion, Berger explores the ...Amazon
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