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Historians Win Top Prizes.('Stalingrad' by Anthony Beevor wins first prize in the 1999 Samuel Johnson nonfiction competition in the United Kingdom: other prizes are included)(Brief Article)

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From: History Today
Date: 19990801
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HISTORICAL TITLES DOMINATED the shortlist for the first-ever Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction, confirming the growing trend that has brought history to the forefront of British publishing once again. The prize is Britain's largest for general non-fiction, and worth 30,000 [pounds sterling] to the winning author. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor (Penguin Books, 25 [pounds sterling]), a grim account of the experiences of soldiers on both sides of the epic battle, was awarded the prize in June by a panel of judges that included historian Orlando Figes, as well as Cherie Blair, James ...

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