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13 de jun. de 2023 · Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha’s book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom has won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023. Guha has been ...
Longford, Elizabeth (1906—)English historian. Name variations: Countess of Longford, formerly Lady Pakenham; Elizabeth Harman Pakenham. Source for information on Longford, Elizabeth (1906—): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Elizabeth (née Harman), Countess of Longford (1906-2002), Historian and writer; wife of 7th Earl of Longford. Sitter in 19 portraits Elizabeth Longford, the biographer and historian, was considered as one of the most brilliant women of her generation, producing authoritative biographies of Joseph 'Radical Joe' Chamberlain, the Duke of Wellington and Queen Victoria.
1 de jul. de 2021 · Elizabeth Longford was a major figure in keeping this tradition going, an achievement continued with considerable r é clame by her daughter Antonia Fraser and granddaughters Rebecca and Flora Fraser. It was thus apposite that in 2002, the year of her grandmother ’ s death, Flora Fraser and Peter Soros founded the Historical Biography Prize ...
14 de mai. de 2024 · SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 14th May 2024. Professor Roy Foster, Chair of Judges, writes: “Over twenty-one years the Elizabeth Longford Prize has extended and redefined the concept of lives that change history. The 2024 shortlist carries this forward. We have chosen a short but substantial book about a formidable and controversial female world leader ...
Elizabeth Longford was a renowned biographer and wrote books on Queen Victoria, Wellington, Byron, Wilfred Scawen Blunt and the Queen Mother. Elizabeth Longford's first work on Queen Victoria, Victoria RI, Won the James Tait Black memorial prize.
The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, sponsored by Flora Fraser and Peter Soros, was established in 2003 in affectionate memory of Elizabeth Longford, the acclaimed biographer. The prize celebrates, annually, a historical biography which, like hers, combines scholarship and narrative drive. This prize is no longer administered ...
