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Black Spartacus

The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Sudhir Hazareesingh

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Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

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2021 Shortlist

Survivors: Children's Lives after the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford

‘Survivors:

Children’s Lives after the Holocaust’

Rebecca Clifford

2021 winners

‘Black Spartacus:

The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture’

Sudhir Hazareesingh

Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin

‘Ravenna:

Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe’

Judith Herrin

2021 winners

‘Double Lives:

A History of Working Motherhood’

Helen McCarthy

Burning the Books: a history of knowledge under attack, by Richard Ovenden

‘Burning the Books:

A History of Knowledge Under Attack’

Richard Ovenden

Atlantic Wars by Geoffrey Plank - a painting of a naval battle

‘Atlantic Wars:

From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution’

Geoffrey Plank

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

BBC Radio 3 – ‘Free Thinking’ Wolfson History Prize 2021

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