Auraist: picking the best-written books

Auraist: picking the best-written books

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History Book of the Year: Accidental Gods is the best-written book on the PEN Hessell-Tiltman shortlist

History Book of the Year: Accidental Gods is the best-written book on the PEN Hessell-Tiltman shortlist

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The PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize of £2,000 is awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.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…

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