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The Boundless Deep

Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief

by Richard Holmes

Wolfson History 2026 · Shortlist

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Prize history

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
2025

Shortlist
Wolfson History Prize
2026

Shortlist

Wolfson History Prize 2026 shortlist

Liverpool

Sam Wetherell
Silence of the Gods

Francis Young
Summer of Fire and Blood

Lyndal Roper
The Library of Ancient Wisdom

Selena Wisnom
Vanished

Sadiah Qureshi

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 shortlist

How to End a Story

Helen Garner

Winner
Captives and Companions

Justin Marozzi
Electric Spark

Frances Wilson
Lone Wolf

Adam Weymouth
The Revolutionists

Jason Burke

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