Marsh Biography Award

Given by Marsh Christian Trust

28 Works 8,712 Livros 217 Críticas 4.0
This Award is presented to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author.

The judges look for a work that is histrorically important, records singificant mostrar mais human achievement and is representative of the highest standards or writing and research.

The Award has been running since 1987 and is presented biennially.

The official website is here and the LibraryThing Awards page for the shortlisted books can be found here. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (13), Shortlist (15)
Anos:
Todos, 2011 (6), 2009 (2), 2007 (3), 2005 (3), 2003 (2), 2001 (2), 1999 (2), 1997 (2), 1995 (1), 1993 (1), 1991 (1), 1989 (1), 1987 (1)

Winner 13

ObraAno
Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan por D. R. Thorpe2011
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain por Rosemary Hill2009
George Mackay Brown: The Life por Maggie Fergusson2007
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart por John Guy2005
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA por Brenda Maddox2003
Mandela: The Authorized Biography por Anthony Sampson2001
Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834 por Richard Holmes1999
Erskine Childers: A Biography por Jim Ring1997
Evelyn Waugh: A Biography por Selina Hastings1995
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon por Patrick Marnham1993
Clever Hearts: Desmond and Molly MacCarthy: A Biography por Hugh Cecil1991
The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa por David Gilmour1989
Shackleton por Roland Huntford1987

Shortlist 15

ObraAno
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer por Sarah Bakewell2011
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies: A Life por John Carey2011
Frances Partridge: The Biography por Anne Chisholm2011
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane por Andrew Graham-Dixon2011
Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl por Donald Sturrock2011
A dangerous liaison: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre por Carole Seymour-Jones2009
The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery por Wendy Moore2007
Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom por Roger Pearson2007
Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy por Ian Kelly2005
Ice Road por Gillian Slovo2005
Aldous Huxley por Nicholas Murray2003
Catherine the Great and Potemkin por Simon Sebag-Montefiore2001
Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual por Richard English1999
David Lean: A Biography por Kevin Brownlow1997
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton por Kate Williams

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