F. Peter Cundill

 

   Every couple of years I have posted about the Cundill History Prize, which is a very good one to win. Today the short list for 2021 has just been released and is provided here. The winner will be announced on Dec.2. 

Rebecca Clifford, Survivors: Children's Lives After the Holocaust.
Marie Favereau, The Horde: How Mongols Changed the World.
Marjoleine Kars, Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast. 

                                                    The 2020 Shortlist

      In 2020, these three books were shortlisted: Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, by Vincent Brown; The Anarchy; The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple and Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs, by Camilla Townsend. Ms. Townsend won. 

The 2020 Winner

   For lists of past nominees and winners see: Christmas Shopping for Historians (2017) and The Cundill History Prize (2019). 

   If you are shopping for more history books that have won prizes, here are some other places to look:

American Historical Association - list many different prizes for historical works in various categories. 

Canadian Historical Association - includes prize winning books and articles.  One prize is named after Professor Wallace K. Ferguson who taught at Western.

The Wolfson History Prize is a prestigious British one. 

Penguin Books publishes many others. See: Award Winners- History.

Source:  The Cundill History Prize. McGill University.