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Wolfson History Prize

A UK prize given each year for history written for the general public.

54 years · 1972–2026

Official site Source: en.wikipedia.org

  1. 2026

    Winner not yet announced.

    Shortlist

    All 6 books from 2026

  2. 2025

    Winner

    Survivors

    Hannah Durkin

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2025

  3. 2024
    Cover of Shadows at Noon

    Winner

    Shadows at Noon

    Joya Chatterji

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2024

  4. 2023
    Cover of Resistance

    Winner

    Resistance

    Halik Kochanski

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2023

  5. 2022
    Cover of Devil-Land

    Winner

    Devil-Land

    Clare Jackson

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2022

  6. 2021
    Cover of Black Spartacus

    Winner

    Black Spartacus

    Sudhir Hazareesingh

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2021

  7. 2020
    Cover of The Boundless Sea

    Winner

    The Boundless Sea

    David Abulafia

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2020

  8. 2019
    Cover of Reckonings

    Winner

    Reckonings

    Mary Fulbrook

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2019

  9. 2018
    Cover of Heretics and Believers

    Winner

    Heretics and Believers

    Peter Marshall

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2018

  10. 2017
    Cover of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Winner

    Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Christopher de Hamel

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2017

  11. 2016
    Cover of Augustine

    Winner

    Augustine

    Robin Lane Fox

    All 2 books from 2016

  12. 2015
    Cover of National Service

    Winner

    National Service

    Richard Vinen

    All 2 books from 2015

  13. 2014

    Winner

    Red Fortress

    Catherine Merridale

    All 2 books from 2014

  14. 2013
    Cover of Fascist Voices

    Winner

    Fascist Voices

    Christopher Duggan

    All 2 books from 2013

  15. 2012

    Winner

    Nikolaus Pevsner

    Susie Harries

    All 2 books from 2012

  16. 2011
    Cover of Islanders

    Winner

    Islanders

    Nicholas Thomas

    All 2 books from 2011

  17. 2010

    Winner

    Divided Houses

    Jonathan Sumption

    All 2 books from 2010

  18. 2009
    Cover of Dance in the Renaissance

    Dance in the Renaissance

    Margaret M. McGowan

    All 2 books from 2009

  19. 2008
    Cover of After Tamerlane

    After Tamerlane

    John Darwin

    All 2 books from 2008

  20. 2007
    Cover of City of Laughter

    City of Laughter

    Vic Gatrell

    All 3 books from 2007

  21. 2006
    Cover of Framing the Early Middle Ages

    Framing the Early Middle Ages

    Christopher Wickham

    All 2 books from 2006

  22. 2005
    Cover of In Command of History

    In Command of History

    David Reynolds

    All 2 books from 2005

  23. 2004
    Cover of The Fall of France

    The Fall of France

    Julian T. Jackson

    All 3 books from 2004

  24. 2003
    Cover of Marianne in Chains

    Marianne in Chains

    Robert Gildea

    All 2 books from 2003

  25. 2002
    Cover of Facing the Ocean

    Facing the Ocean

    Barry Cunliffe

    All 2 books from 2002

  26. 2001
    Cover of Enlightenment

    Enlightenment

    Roy Porter

    All 3 books from 2001

  27. 2000
    Cover of An Intimate History of Killing

    An Intimate History of Killing

    Joanna Bourke

    All 2 books from 2000

  28. 1999
    Cover of Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    Antony Beevor

    All 2 books from 1999

  29. 1998
    Cover of Jennie Lee

    Jennie Lee

    Patricia Hollis

    All 2 books from 1998

  30. 1997
    Cover of A People’s Tragedy

    A People’s Tragedy

    Orlando Figes
  31. 1996
    Cover of Gladstone 1875–1898

    Gladstone 1875–1898

    H. C. G. Matthew
  32. 1995
    Cover of The Kaiser and His Court

    The Kaiser and His Court

    John C. G. Rohl

    All 2 books from 1995

  33. 1994
    Cover of Living and Dying in England, 1100–1540

    Living and Dying in England, 1100–1540

    Barbara Harvey

    All 2 books from 1994

  34. 1993
    Cover of Britons

    Britons

    Linda Colley

    All 2 books from 1993

  35. 1992
    Cover of Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

    Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

    John Bossy

    All 2 books from 1992

  36. 1991
    Cover of The Architecture of Medieval Britain

    The Architecture of Medieval Britain

    Colin Platt
  37. 1990

    How War Came

    Donald Cameron Watt

    All 2 books from 1990

  38. 1989

    Death in Hamburg

    Richard J. Evans

    All 2 books from 1989

  39. 1987

    Conquest, Coexistence, and Change

    R. R. Davies

    All 2 books from 1987

  40. 1986

    European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism, 1550–1750

    Jonathan Israel

    All 2 books from 1986

  41. 1985

    Dudley Docker

    Richard Davenport-Hines

    All 2 books from 1985

  42. 1984

    Chivalry

    Maurice Keen

    All 2 books from 1984

  43. 1983

    George V

    Kenneth Rose

    All 2 books from 1983

  44. 1982

    Death and the Enlightenment

    John McManners
  45. 1981

    A Liberal Descent

    John Wyon Burrow
  46. 1980

    Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890–1939

    F. S. L. Lyons

    All 2 books from 1980

  47. 1979

    Clementine Churchill

    Mary Soames

    All 3 books from 1979

  48. 1978

    A Savage War of Peace

    Alistair Horne
  49. 1977

    Mussolini’s Roman Empire

    Denis Mack Smith

    All 2 books from 1977

  50. 1976

    A History of Building Types

    Nikolaus Pevsner

    All 2 books from 1976

  51. 1975

    Edward VIII

    Frances Donaldson

    All 2 books from 1975

  52. 1974

    France, 1848–1945

    Theodore Zeldin

    All 2 books from 1974

  53. 1973

    Henry II

    W. L. Warren

    All 2 books from 1973

  54. 1972

    Religion and the Decline of Magic

    Keith Thomas

    All 2 books from 1972

Earlier years list the winner only.