The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: David Abulafia, Hallie Rubenhold, Prashant Kidambi
Rana Mitter presents three shortlisted historians: Prashant Kidambi on cricket and empire, Hallie Rubenhold on Jack the Ripper's victims and David Abulafia's study of oceans.
From Indian cricket and a survey of the oceans to Jack the Ripper: Rana Mitter with the second set of shortlisted authors for the history writing prize.
David Abulafia The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Hallie Rubenhold The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Prashant Kidambi Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire
You can hear the other shortlisted historians in a progarmme broadcast on May 12th and available as an Arts & Ideas Podcast. It features
Marion Turner has written Chaucer: A European Life
Toby Green is the author of A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
John Barton is nominated for A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths
The winner of the 2020 Wolfson History Prize is announced on June 15th 2020.
Producer: Robyn Read
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