Wolfson History Prize Winners

1.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating — 40,054 ratings
2.
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 4.16 avg rating — 5,257 ratings
3.
The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
4.
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 4.23 avg rating — 2,894 ratings
5.
The Eastern Front, 1914-1917
The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 3.64 avg rating — 479 ratings
6.
Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century
Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century 3.83 avg rating — 220 ratings
7.
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town 4.10 avg rating — 5,114 ratings
8.
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy 4.53 avg rating — 2,863 ratings
9.
The Reformation: A History
The Reformation: A History 4.08 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
10.
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire 3.40 avg rating — 55 ratings
11.
Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis 4.38 avg rating — 5,512 ratings
12.
The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940
The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940 3.94 avg rating — 483 ratings
12.
Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World 3.85 avg rating — 167 ratings
14.
The Balkans: A Short History
The Balkans: A Short History 3.75 avg rating — 2,795 ratings
15.
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 4.37 avg rating — 5,695 ratings
16.
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813 3.72 avg rating — 89 ratings
17.
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Volume 1: The Renaissance
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Volume 1: The Renaissance 4.43 avg rating — 261 ratings
18.
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World 4.24 avg rating — 172 ratings
19.
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
20.
Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy
Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy 4.14 avg rating — 173 ratings
21.
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps 4.55 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
22.
Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814
Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814 4.13 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
23.
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain 4.17 avg rating — 105 ratings
23.
Transformations of Love: The Friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret Godolphin
Transformations of Love: The Friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret Godolphin 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
25.
In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War 4.13 avg rating — 138 ratings
26.
The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia
The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia 4.22 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
27.
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England 3.87 avg rating — 522 ratings
28.
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India 3.96 avg rating — 5,057 ratings
29.
The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century 4.18 avg rating — 153 ratings
30.
The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950 - 1350
The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950 - 1350 3.96 avg rating — 695 ratings
31.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 4.14 avg rating — 6,198 ratings
32.
Gladstone: 1809-1898
Gladstone: 1809-1898 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
32.
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair 3.25 avg rating — 53 ratings
34.
William Morris: A Life for Our Time
William Morris: A Life for Our Time 4.22 avg rating — 194 ratings
35.
Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years
Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 3.94 avg rating — 83 ratings
36.
Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death among Christians and Unbelievers in Eighteenth-Century France
Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death among Christians and Unbelievers in Eighteenth-Century France 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
37.
The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation
The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
38.
Ancient Economy (Sather Classical Lectures) (Volume 43)
Ancient Economy (Sather Classical Lectures) (Volume 43) 3.84 avg rating — 210 ratings
39.
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts 4.42 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
40.
Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History
Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History 3.87 avg rating — 569 ratings
41.
Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life
Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
42.
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
43.
Divided Houses: The Hundred Years War, Volume 3
Divided Houses: The Hundred Years War, Volume 3 4.63 avg rating — 258 ratings
44.
Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession
Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
44.
Augustine: Conversions to Confessions
Augustine: Conversions to Confessions 3.80 avg rating — 257 ratings
46.
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 4.01 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
47.
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
48.
Ring Of Steel: Germany And Austria-Hungary At War, 1914-1918
Ring Of Steel: Germany And Austria-Hungary At War, 1914-1918 4.36 avg rating — 958 ratings
49.
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London 4.17 avg rating — 155 ratings
50.
Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600
Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600 3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings
51.
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 4.35 avg rating — 180 ratings
52.
Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation
Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation 3.67 avg rating — 136 ratings
53.
Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples, 8000 BC - AD 1500
Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples, 8000 BC - AD 1500 4.15 avg rating — 80 ratings
54.
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People 3.88 avg rating — 84 ratings
55.
Salisbury: Victorian Titan
Salisbury: Victorian Titan 4.45 avg rating — 109 ratings
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An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare 3.80 avg rating — 212 ratings
57.
Jennie Lee: A Life
Jennie Lee: A Life 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
58.
The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany 3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings
59.
Living and Dying in England, 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience
Living and Dying in England, 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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John Maynard Keynes: Volume 2: The Economist as Savior, 1920-1937
John Maynard Keynes: Volume 2: The Economist as Savior, 1920-1937 4.28 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 3.96 avg rating — 771 ratings
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Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives 4.18 avg rating — 2,733 ratings
63.
The Architecture of Medieval Britain
The Architecture of Medieval Britain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
64.
How War Came
How War Came 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Quest for El Cid
The Quest for El Cid 3.78 avg rating — 227 ratings
66.
Conquest, Coexistence, and Change: Wales 1063-1415
Conquest, Coexistence, and Change: Wales 1063-1415 4.02 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the South
The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the South 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline
The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline 4.21 avg rating — 92 ratings
69.
European Jewry In The Age Of Mercantilism 1550-1750
European Jewry In The Age Of Mercantilism 1550-1750 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings
70.
Lloyd George: From Peace to War, 1912-1916
Lloyd George: From Peace to War, 1912-1916 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior
Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Chivalry
Chivalry 3.92 avg rating — 266 ratings
73.
Winston S. Churchill, Volume VI: Finest Hour, 1939-1941
Winston S. Churchill, Volume VI: Finest Hour, 1939-1941 4.50 avg rating — 237 ratings
74.
King George V
King George V 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings
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A Liberal Descent: Victorian historians and the English past
A Liberal Descent: Victorian historians and the English past 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
76.
Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890 - 1939
Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890 - 1939 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
77.
Death in Paris, 1795-1801
Death in Paris, 1795-1801 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
78.
Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage
Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage 4.13 avg rating — 225 ratings
79.
Mussolini's Roman Empire
Mussolini's Roman Empire 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
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A History of Building Types
A History of Building Types 4.05 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Edward VIII
Edward VIII 3.64 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Poor of Eighteenth Century France, 1750-1789
The Poor of Eighteenth Century France, 1750-1789 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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France, 1848-1945: Ambition and Love
France, 1848-1945: Ambition and Love 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
84.
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment 4.24 avg rating — 554 ratings
85.
Henry II
Henry II 4.07 avg rating — 321 ratings
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Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England 4.17 avg rating — 1,546 ratings