The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: Toby Green, Marion Turner, John Barton
Arts & Ideas
BBC
4.2 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
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 Toby Green is the author of A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution John 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 David Abulafia The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans Hallie Rubenhold The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Prashant 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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