Thursday, 16 November 2017

British historian Daniel Beer wins US$75,000 International Cundill History prize

(McGill University) The international Cundill History Prize today announced the British historian Daniel Beer as the 2017 winner of the US$75,000 prize - the richest in non-fiction for a single work in English. The London-based historian was awarded for his ground-breaking study of Siberian penal colonies, The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars (Allen Lane).

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2mAKzCO

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