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The Boundless Sea

A Human History of the Oceans

David Abulafia

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A Boundless Sea by David Abulafia

2020 Shortlist

2020 winners

‘The Boundless Sea:

A Human History of the Oceans’

David Abulafia

The History of the Bible

‘A History of the Bible:

The Book and Its Faiths’

John Barton

A Fistful of Shells

‘A Fistful of Shells:

West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution’

Toby Green

2020 winners

‘Cricket Country:

An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire’

Prashant Kidambi

2020 winners

‘The Five:

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper’

Hallie Rubenhold

Chaucer - A European Life

‘Chaucer:

A European Life’

Marion Turner

Judges

A black and white portrait photo of Carole Hillenbrand

David Cannadine judge information

A black and white portrait photo of Carole Hillenbrand

Richard Evans judge information

A black and white portrait photo of Carole Hillenbrand

Carole Hillenbrand judge information

A black and white portrait photo of Carole Hillenbrand

Diarmaid MacCulloch judge information

Watch the 2020 virtual winner announcement

BBC Radio 3 – ‘Free Thinking’ Wolfson History Prize 2020

Episode 1

Episode 2

Watch the York Ideas panel discussion – ‘Celebrating outstanding history’