Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize

Given by Duff Cooper Memorial Fund

Altres noms: Duff Cooper Prize (Anglès)
122 obres / 123 Items 76,468 Llibres 2,132 Ressenyes 4.1
The Duff Cooper Prize is a prize which goes to the best work of history, biography, politics or (very occasionally) poetry published in English or French. First awarded in 1956, the prize is worth mostra'n més £5,000. The prize was established in honour of Duff Cooper, a British diplomat, Cabinet member and acclaimed author. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (69), Shortlist (54)
Years:
Tots, 2023 (6), 2022 (6), 2021 (1), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (1), 2016 (5), 2015 (4), 2014 (6), 2013 (5), 2012 (6), 2011 (1), 2010 (7), 2009 (5), 2008 (2), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (2), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1959 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1)
Announced:
febrer 5: Llista curta2023 Recent

Winner 69

ObraAny
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain de Julian Jackson2023
The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown de Anna Keay2022
The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe de Mark Mazower2021
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe de Judith Herrin2020
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths de John Barton2019
De Gaulle de Julian Jackson2018
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine de Anne Applebaum2017
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World de Christopher De Hamel2016
Schubert's winter journey : anatomy of an obsession de Ian Bostridge2015
Other People's Countries: A Journey into Memory de Patrick McGuinness2014
The Pike de Lucy Hughes-Hallett2013
Strindberg: A Life de Sue Prideaux2012
Becoming Dickens: The Invention of a Novelist de Robert Douglas-Fairhurst2011
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer de Sarah Bakewell2010
Trotsky: A Biography de Robert Service2009
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer de Kai Bird2008
The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography de Graham Robb2007
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 de William Dalrymple2006
Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850 de Maya Jasanoff2005
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 de Mark Mazower2004
Gulag: A History de Anne Applebaum2003
Edwin Lutyens: His Life, His Wife, His Work de Jane Ridley2002
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World de Margaret MacMillan2001
John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman de Robert Skidelsky2000
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa de Adam Hochschild1999
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium de William Dalrymple1998
Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834 de Richard Holmes1998
Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money de James Buchan1997
Thomas Cranmer: A Life de Diarmaid MacCulloch1996
Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth de Gitta Sereny1995
Curzon: Imperial Statesman de David Gilmour1994
A History of Warfare de John Keegan1993
Never again : Britain, 1945-1951 de Peter Hennessy1992
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius de Ray Monk1991
Clever Hearts: Desmond and Molly MacCarthy: A Biography de Hugh Cecil1990
Federico García Lorca: A Life de Ian Gibson1989
A Serious Character: The Life of Ezra Pound de Humphrey Carpenter1988
The Fatal Shore de Robert Hughes1987
C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer, and Romantic Socialist de Alan Crawford1986
Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape, 1849-1928 de Ann Thwaite1985
Secrets of a Woman's Heart: Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1920-69 de Hilary Spurling1984
Collected poems de Peter Porter1983
James Joyce de Richard Ellmann1982
Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among the Lions de Victoria Glendinning1981
Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart de Robert Bernard Martin1980
Tenebrae de Geoffrey Hill1979
Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History de Mark Girouard1978
Missing Persons: An Autobiography de E. R. Dodds1977
Mussolini's Roman Empire de Denis Mack Smith1976
North de Seamus Heaney1975
Wilfred Owen de Jon Stallworthy1974
Alexander the Great de Robin Lane Fox1973
Virginia Woolf: A Biography de Quentin Bell1972
Discoveries of Bones and Stones de Geoffrey Grigson1971
Charles of Orleans, prince and poet de Enid McLeod1970
The rise and fall of the man of letters: aspects of English literary life since 1800 de John Gross1969
New Poems de Roy Broadbent Fuller1968
The Peregrine de J. A. Baker1967
The Continent of Circe de Nirad C. Chaudhuri1966
Marcel Proust: A Biography de George D. Painter1965
The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan de Ivan Morris1964
John Keats: The Making of a Poet de Aileen Ward1963
The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870-1871 de Michael Howard1962
Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography de Jocelyn Baines1961
Complete Poems de Andrew Young1960
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese de Patrick Leigh Fermor1959
Collected Poems de John Betjeman1958
Bitter Lemons de Lawrence Durrell1957
Gallipoli de Alan Moorehead1956

Shortlist 54

ObraAny
Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 de Christopher Clark2023
The Revolutionary Temper de Robert Darnton2023
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire de Nandini Das2023
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain de Julian Jackson2023
Monet The Restless Vision /anglais de Jackie Wullschlager2023
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan de Felipe Fernández-Armesto2022
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London de Vic Gatrell2022
John Constable: A Portrait de James Hamilton2022
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne de Katherine Rundell2022
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants de James Vincent2022
Himalaya: A Human History de Ed Douglas2020
Tom Stoppard: A Life de Hermione Lee2020
Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca de Ferdinand Mount2020
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane de Samanth Subramanian2020
The Man in the Red Coat de Julian Barnes2019
On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons de Laura Cumming2019
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture de Orlando Figes2019
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone de Charles Moore2019
The King and the Catholics: The Fight for Rights 1829 de Antonia Fraser2018
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life de Diarmaid MacCulloch2018
In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter: Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace de Miranda Seymour2018
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War de Benn Steil2018
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize de John Bew2016
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer de Richard Holmes2016
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between de Hisham Matar2016
East West Street de Philippe Sands2016
Charlotte Bronte: A Life de Claire Harman2015
Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World de Noel Malcolm2015
The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905 de Ferdinand Mount2015
The Iceberg de Marion Coutts2014
H Is for Hawk de Helen Macdonald2014
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery de Henry Marsh2014
The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World de George Prochnik2014
In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars 1793-1815 de Jenny Uglow2014
Byron's War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution de Roderick Beaton2013
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 de William Dalrymple2013
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life de Hermione Lee2013
Walking Wounded: The Life and Poetry of Vernon Scannell de J. Andrew Taylor2013
Behind the Beautiful Forevers de Katherine Boo2012
The Man Within My Head de Pico Iyer2012
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot de Robert Macfarlane2012
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince de Jane Ridley2012
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution de Rebecca Stott2012
La llebre amb ulls d'ambre de Edmund De Waal2010
Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds de Lyndall Gordon2010
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper de Alexandra Harris2010
What to Look for in Winter de Candia McWilliam2010
Life de Keith Richards2010
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin de Timothy Snyder2010
The Music Room de William Fiennes2009
The Frock-Coated Communist: The Life and Times of the Original Champagne Socialist de Tristram Hunt2009
Family Britain: 1951-57 de David Kynaston2009
Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814 de Dominic Lieven2009
Chagall: A Biography de Jackie Wullschlager2008

Etiquetes

19th century(426) 20th century(575) Africa(602) art(358) Australia(676) Australian history(234) autobiography(445) Belgium(248) biography(4,647) birds(241) British history(240) colonialism(386) Congo(338) ebook(407) England(478) Europe(456) European History(543) fiction(280) France(569) Germany(227) Greece(358) history(7,769) Holocaust(268) India(787) Japan(300) Kindle(440) literature(360) memoir(1,297) Middle East(212) military(233) military history(520) music(427) nature(397) non-fiction(5,219) philosophy(637) poetry(709) politics(383) poverty(248) read(465) religion(216) Russia(503) science(312) Soviet Union(294) to-read(4,806) travel(903) unread(330) war(372) world history(209) wwi(746) wwii(864)

Membres principals

aimg (53 obres), Henry.Pole-Carew (52), alo1224 (50), hoolyaa (48), Caroline_McElwee (44), Steve_Walker (43), Den85 (42), Chatterbox (41), joedoone (40), RLNunezKPL (40), Nikki_J (38), tyburntree (38), bookmountain (36), e-zReader (35), mffowler (33), pleigh20 (32), j.a.lesen (31), ThufirHawat (31), Bodoni (30), CarltonC (30), millerchris3 (30), augustgarage (29), Buchvogel (29), bujeya (29), jonmore (29), T.Renwick (29), elkiedee (28), ficekrichard47 (28), HadriantheBlind (28), KrisR (28), mfd101 (28), mick745 (28), timothyhorgan (28), Brazgo67 (26), Jimmysada (26), kamintra (26), sallybarnett (26), toread1 (26), TorontoOratorySPN (26), benitastrnad (25), malcolmoxley (25), peterdj (25), revliz (25), wandering_star (25), affle (24), PDCRead (24), pitjrw (24), thewordygecko (24), cctesttc1 (23), Hauge (23), kingytarifa (23), kiwidoc (23), octavianflavius (23), southernbooklady (23), agmlll (22), Charvet (22), emaestra (22), LizMo (22), marita_p (22), PaulCranswick (22), aabdelrahmanm (21), alcottacre (21), billga (21), clickclack (21), featherbear (21), iftyzaidi (21), KriRand70 (21), MadLudwig (21), songhrati (21), terribly (21), uscer (21), bookishbill (20), jose.pires (20), MalD57 (20), MCMULLIN (20), michaelg16 (20), readawayjay (20), Robert_Musil (20), bridgitshearth (19), charl08 (19), ellenandjim (19), fledglingphoenix (19), JWhitsitt (19), kukulaj (19), lolitaguy (19), mysterium (19), nfactor13 (19), paarth7 (19), PatrickSwanson (19), pc1951 (19), rdurie (19), RichardOrme (19), 5Golfview (18), alrajul (18), CurrerBell (18), davidd (18), dmit131 (18), EduardoT (18), Fougasse (18), ibinu (18), jgtarwater (18), JMCH (18), jpries44 (18), kauders (18), luciarux (18), lukehoney (18), niallsheekey (18), President_Fred (18), rachelmarlene (18), RiversideReader (18), shea0017 (18), smerus (18), the_red_shoes (18), tredegartrafalgar (18), WestBranch (18), Africansky1 (17), AK148 (17), anirudhgarg100 (17), christinefyfe (17), dooney (17), GrettelTBR (17), housefulofpaper (17), IraSandperlLibrary (17), JeremyHardie (17), LegoDruid (17), lostinthecosmos (17), marieke54 (17), natbabs (17), peju.peju (17), philipanderson (17), TheLostWorld (17), tim86 (17), Willoyd (17), Albertos (16), BangkokYankee (16), CalebLiu82 (16), DarrinLett (16), DGSBiblio (16), Goulooze (16), Greenmantle (16), hivetrick (16), jarfield (16), lafstaff (16), lespotiers (16), MDGentleReader (16), michaelwatkins (16), Ogygia (16), pierthinker (16), reelbigschmidt (16), rshart3 (16), Savages (16), sdepangher (16), shikari (16), William_W (16), fancett (15), Hpriley3 (15), hubcapiv (15), jordsly (15), LouisNosko (15), mcnally7 (15), sawangwong (15), Yardape (15), yooperprof (15)