History Book of the Year: Accidental Gods is the best-written book on the PEN Hessell-Tiltman shortlist
Read a passage from Anna Della Subin's book below
The PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize of £2,000 is awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content. Entrants are to be books of high literary merit – that is, not primarily written for the academic market.
That’s PEN’s own wording about about the prize, with a deserved little swipe there at the end at academese.
The winner will be announced on the 22nd of November.
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