Podcasts Culture Arts & Ideas The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: Toby Green, Marion Turner, John Barton

The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: Toby Green, Marion Turner, John Barton

Published: May 13, 2020, 7 a.m.

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New takes on Chaucer, the Bible and African trading - Rana Mitter presents the first of 2 prograrmmes featuring 3 of the historians shortlisted for this year's history writing prize.

Marion Turner has written Chaucer: A European Life \\nToby Green is the author of A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution \\nJohn Barton is nominated for A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths

A second programme will be broadcast on Tues May 19th hearing from the other shortlisted authors \\nDavid Abulafia The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans\\nHallie Rubenhold The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper\\nPrashant Kidambi Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire

The winner of the 2020 Wolfson History Prize is announced on June 15th 2020.

Producer: Robyn Read

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