2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

The Winner and Nominees for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History book award.

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner

Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

Dan Ephron

Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder….

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist

Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
Jonathan M. Bryant
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
David Maraniss
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason
Mark Molesky
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