We talk to Jerry Brotton about his HWA Non-Fiction Crown shortlisted book, This Orient Isle. The HWA Non-fiction Crown celebrates the best in historical non-fiction writing. When did you first become interested in history? Since schooldays I’d always been interested in where history met literature, art and politics. My first degree was at Sussex University, a […]
Historia Interviews: Daniel Beer
Historian Daniel Beer on Russian history, the joys of archival research and his Non-Fiction Crown shortlisted book, The House of the Dead. The HWA Non-fiction Crown celebrates the best in historical non-fiction writing. Have you always been interested in history? Yes, I have, but I came to Russian history in particular through my interest in […]
Historia Interviews: David Bellos
We talk to Princeton Professor David Bellos about his HWA Non-fiction Crown shortlisted book, The Novel of the Century. The HWA Non-fiction Crown celebrates the best in historical non-fiction writing. Do you consider yourself a historian, a biographer or both? I would like to be thought of as a scholar and a writer with no […]
September Giveaway!
Win all six books shortlisted for the 2017 HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award. Just follow the instructions below to enter. You’ve got four