Book Awards By Year

1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThomas Cranmer: A LifeDiarmaid MacCullochThe first major biography of its subject in more than thirty years makes use of new British manuscript sources to draw a rich portrait of Henry VIII's archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the Reformation. UP....Amazon

1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerW.B. Yeats: A Life: Volume 1. The Apprentice Mage, 1865-1914R.F. FosterThis is the first volume in what will be the definitive biography of William Butler Yeats. The text, written by eminent Irish historian R.F. Foster, illuminates not only the wellspring of Yeats' artistic vision, but the modern Irish identity he helped to c...Amazon1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistChe Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeJon Lee AndersonAmazonStanding in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. TurnerAnthony BaileyAmazonThe Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong KongJonathan DimblebyAmazonTurner: A LifeJames HamiltonAmazon

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Life of Thomas MorePeter AckroydPeter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a li...Amazon1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistD.H. Lawrence: Dying Game, 1922-1930 (Volume 3 of The Cambridge Biography of D.H. Lawrence)David EllisAmazonThe Hidden Wordsworth: Poet, Lover, Rebel, SpyKenneth R. JohnstonAmazonThe Trials of Radclyffe HallDiana SouhamiAmazonVictor Hugo: A BiographyGraham RobbAmazon

1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerGeorge Eliot: The Last VictorianKathryn HughesThis intensely engaging biography examines the extraordinary life of George Eliot from her childhood, through her scandalous liaison and social exile, to her hard-won status as one of Victorian England's literary elite....Amazon1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistIsaiah Berlin: A LifeMichael IgnatieffAmazonJohn Soane: An Accidental RomanticGillian DarleyAmazonLady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the EnlightenmentIsobel GrundyAmazonMandela: The Authorised BiographyAnthony SampsonAmazon

2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerExperience: A MemoirMartin AmisMartin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels. The son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores hi...Amazon2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistRimbaud: A BiographyGraham RobbAmazonThe Broken Tower: The Life of Hart CranePaul MarianiAmazonThe Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and AdventurerMiles BredinAmazon