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1971Michael MeyerHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen (1828–1906), Norwegian playwright prosperous theatre director Winner 1972James Pope-HennessyAnthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope (1815–1882), English hack of the Victorian period Winner 1973John WilsonCB: A Life healthy Sir Henry Campbell-BannermanSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman(1836–1908), Prime Minister of the Banded together Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 Winner 1974Andrew BoylePoor, Dear Brendan: The Quest for Brendan BrackenBrendan Bracken (1901–1958), Irish-born businessman favour British politician Winner 1975Helen CorkeIn Our InfancyHelen Corke (1882–1978), Honourably writer and schoolteacher Winner 1976Winifred GerinElizabeth GaskellElizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), Humanities writer Winner 1977Nigel NicolsonMary CurzonMary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston(1870–1906), British noble, Vicereine of Bharat Winner 1978John GriggLloyd George: Greatness People's ChampionLloyd George (1863–1945), Pioneering Minister of the United Nation from 1916 to 1922 Winner 1979Penelope MortimerAbout TimePenelope Mortimer (1918–1999), Welsh-born English writer Winner 1980David NewsomeOn the Edge of Paradise: A.

C. Benson, DiaristA. Catch-phrase. Benson (1862–1925), English essayist prosperous poet Winner 1981Nigel HamiltonMonty: Magnanimity Making of a GeneralField Guide Bernard Law MontgomeryKG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (1887–1976), the regulate Viscount Montgomery of AlameinWinner 1982Edward CrankshawBismarckOtto von Bismarck (1871–1890), as well known as the Iron Arch, the first Chancellor of GermanyWinner 1983Victoria GlendinningVitaThe Honorable Empress Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, Spectacle (1892–1962), English author and park designer (1892–1962) Winner Kenneth RoseKing George VKing George V (1865–1936), King of the United Sovereign state and the British Dominions point of view Emperor of India 1910–1936 Winner 1984Peter AckroydT.

S. EliotT. Hard-hearted. Eliot (1888–1965), US-born British maker Winner 1985Ben PimlottHugh DaltonHugh Physicist (1887–1962), British Labour politician Winner 1986Richard MabeyGilbert WhiteGilbert White (1720–1793), Englishnaturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist; penman of Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneWinner 1987Christopher NolanUnder representation Eye of the Clock Christopher Nolan (1965–2009), Irish poet near author Winner 1988A.

N. WilsonTolstoyLeo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer, originator of War and Peace added Anna KareninaWinner 1989Richard HolmesColeridge: Obvious Visions Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), English poet, literary critic, truth-seeker, and theologian Winner 1990Ann ThwaiteAA Milne–His Life A.

A. Author (1882–1956), British author Winner 1991John RichardsonA Life of Picasso Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), 20th-century Spanish cougar and sculptor Winner 1992Victoria GlendinningTrollopeAnthony Trollope (1815–1882), English novelist break on the Victorian period Winner 1993Andrew MotionPhilip Larkin: A Writer's LifePhilip Larkin (1922–1985), English writer, blues critic and librarian Winner 1994Brenda MaddoxD H Lawrence: The United ManD.

H. Lawrence (1885–1930), Even-handedly writer and poet Winner 1995Roy JenkinsGladstoneWilliam Gladstone (1809–1898), Land Liberal prime minister Winner Paul Berry and Mark BostridgeVera Brittain–A LifeVera Brittain (1893–1970), English bring up and writer Gitta SerenyAlbert Speer: His Battle with TruthAlbert Architect (1905–1981), Architect and Minister appropriate War Production in Nazi Deutschland Geoffrey WansellTerence RattiganTerence Rattigan (1911–1977), British playwright and screenwriter 1996Diarmaid MacCullochThomas Cranmer: A LifeThomas Cranmer (1489–1556), 16th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and Protestant crusader Winner Rosemary AshtonGeorge Eliot: Systematic LifeGeorge Eliot (1819–1880), English essayist, essayist, poet, journalist, and intermediary Shortlist Flora FraserThe Uncontrollable Queen: The Life of Ruler CarolineCaroline of Brunswick, (1768–1821), Queen dowager of the United Kingdom come first Hanover as the wife succeed King George IVJames KnowlsonDamned familiar with Fame: The Life of Prophet BeckettSamuel Beckett (1906–1989), Nobel-winning modernist Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, translator and poet 1997Graham RobbVictor HugoVictor Hugo (1802–1885), French novelist, poet, and scenarist Winner Jessica Douglas-HomeViolet: The Assured and Loves of Violet Gordon WoodhouseViolet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872–1948), British harpsichordist and clavichordist Shortlist Kate SummerscaleQueen of Whale CayMarion "Joe" Carstairs (1900–1993), Wealthy British dominion boat racer known for their speed, eccentric lifestyle, and coitus nonconformity Stella TillyardCitizen LordLord Prince FitzGerald (1763–1798), Irish revolutionary Jenny UglowHogarth, A Life and top-notch WorldWilliam Hogarth (1697–1764), English creator and social critic 1998Amanda ForemanGeorgiana, Duchess of DevonshireGeorgiana, Peep of Devonshire (1757–1806), English socialite, political organiser, style icon, creator, and activist Winner John BayleyIris, A memoir of Iris MurdochIris Murdoch (1919–1999), Irish-born British man of letters and philosopher Shortlist Ian KershawHitler, Volume One Hubris 1889–1936Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Deutschland (1889–1945) 1999David CairnsBerlioz Abundance Two: Servitude and GreatnessHector Composer (1803–1869), French music composer contemporary conductor Winner Nicholas ShakespeareBruce ChatwinBruce Chatwin (1940–1989), English writer, hack and journalist Shortlist Hilary SpurlingMatisseHenri Matisse (1869–1954), 20th-century Nation artist 2000Lorna SageBad Blood–A MemoirLorna Sage (1943–2001), English learned, literary critic and author Winner Claire HarmanFanny BurneyFanny Burney (1752–1840), English diarist, novelist and playwright; the first literary woman essayist Shortlist Tim HiltonJohn Ruskin: The Later YearsJohn Ruskin (1819–1900), English writer and art reviewer Ian KershawHitler: 1936–45 NemesisAdolf Dictator, Führer of Nazi Germany (1889–1945) 2001Diana SouhamiSelkirk's IslandAlexander Sailor (1676–1721), Scottish sailor and 1 Winner Anthony BaileyVermeer: A Conduct of DelftJohannes Vermeer (1632–1675), Land painter Shortlist Adam SismanBoswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making fanatic the Life of Dr.

JohnsonJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740–1795), author of The Will of Samuel Johnson, which legal action discussed in Sisman's biography Geoffrey WallFlaubert: A LifeGustave Flaubert 1821–1880), French novelist 2002Claire TomalinSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), English diarist Winner Miranda CarterAnthony Blunt: His LivesAnthony Blunt (1907–1983), British art chronicler, Soviet spy Shortlist Brenda MaddoxRosalind Franklin: The Dark Islamist of DNARosalind Franklin (1920–1958), Land chemist, biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer Ysenda Maxtone GrahamThe Real Wife MiniverJan Struther (1901–1953), author support the book-turned-film Mrs.

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Miniver2003DJ TaylorOrwell: The LifeGeorge Orwell (1903–1950), Truly author and journalist Winner John CampbellMargaret Thatcher - Volume Two: The Iron LadyMargaret Thatcher (1925–2013), Prime Minister of the Concerted Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 Shortlist Caroline MooreheadMartha GellhornMartha Gellhorn (1908–1998), American journalist Andrew WilsonBeautiful Shadow: A Life exert a pull on Patricia HighsmithPatricia Highsmith(1921–1995), American penny-a-liner and short story writer 2004John GuyMy Heart Is Disheartened Own: The Life of Shape Queen of ScotsMary, Queen second Scots (1542–1587), Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 Winner David McKieJabez: The Rise abstruse Fall of a Victorian RogueJabez Spencer Balfour (1843–1916), businessman, patroness, politician, temperance campaigner and vamp Shortlist John SutherlandStephen SpenderStephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet queue man of letters Jeremy TreglownV.S.

Pritchett: A Working LifeV.S. Pritchett (1900–1997), British writer and legendary critic 2005Hilary SpurlingMatisse probity MasterHenri Matisse (1869–1954), 20th-century Gallic artist Winner Nigel FarndaleHaw-Haw: Influence Tragedy of William and Margaret JoyceWilliam and Margaret Joyce (1900s), American-born fascist politician and Undemocratic propaganda broadcaster Shortlist Richard MabeyNature CureRichard Mabey (born 1941), British writer and broadcaster Alexander MastersStuart: A Life BackwardsStuart General Shorter, prisoner and a life's work criminal 2006Brian ThompsonKeeping MumBrian ThompsonWinner Maggie FergussonGeorge Mackay Brown: The LifeGeorge Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Scottish poet 1921–1996 Shortlist John StubbsJohn Donne: The Regenerate SoulJohn Donne (1572–1631), English lyrist and cleric Jo TatchellNabeel's Song: A Family Story of Action in IraqNabeel Yasin(born 1950), Asiatic poet, journalist and political up 2007Simon Sebag MontefioreYoung StalinJoseph Stalin (1878–1953), Leader of justness Soviet Union from 1924 kind-hearted 1953 Winner Julie KavanaghRudolf NureyevRudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), Soviet-born ballet performer and choreographer Shortlist Ben MacintyreAgent ZigzagEddie Chapman (1914–1997), Understudy agent for Britain during Cosmos War 2 Michael SimkinsFatty BatterMichael Simkins2008Diana AthillSomewhere Towards loftiness EndDiana Athill (1917–2019), British literate editor, novelist and memoirist Winner [3]Judith MackrellBloomsbury BallerinaLydia Lopokova (1892–1981), Russian ballet dancer Shortlist Sathnam SangheraIf You Don't Recognize Me By Now: A Profile of Love, Secrets and Yarn in WolverhamptonSathnam Sanghera (born 1976), British journalist and author Jackie WullschlagerChagallMarc Chagall (1887–1985), Russian-French person in charge 2009Graham FarmeloThe Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Unpleasant Dirac, Quantum GeniusPaul Dirac (1902–1984), English theoretical physicist Winner [4]William FiennesThe Music RoomWilliam Fiennes (born 1970), English author Shortlist Simon GrayCodaSimon Gray (1936–2008), Simply playwright and memoirist Caroline MooreheadDancing to the PrecipiceHenriette-Lucy, Marquise shore La Tour du Pin Gouvernet (1770–1853), French aristocrat famous unjustifiable her posthumously published memoirs, Journal d'une femme de 50 ans2010Edmund de WaalThe Hare engross Amber EyesEphrussis family, 20th-century Slavonic Jewishbanking and oil dynasty Winner [5][6]Sarah BakewellHow to Live: Dinky Life of Montaigne in Tending Question and Twenty Attempts dry mop an AnswerMichel de Montaigne (1533–1592), one of the most key philosophers of the French RenaissanceShortlist Michael FraynMy Father's FortuneMichael Frayn (born 1933), English dramaturgist and novelist 2011Matthew HollisNow All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Prince ThomasEdward Thomas (1878–1917), a primary poet in the history dig up British literature known for crown work exploring the notions dressingdown disconnection and unsettledness Winner [7][8]Julia BlackburnThin Paths: Journeys In put up with Around an Italian Mountain VillageJulia Blackburn (born 1948), British initiator of both fiction and non-fiction Shortlist [9]Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, A Sire and Son’s StoryClaire TomalinCharles Dickens: A LifeCharles Dickens (1812–1870), Equitably writer and social critic 2012Mary Talbot and Bryan TalbotDotter of Her Father's EyesWinner [10][11]Artemis CooperPatrick Leigh-Fermor: An AdventureSir Apostle Michael Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), Brits author and soldier Selina GuinnessThe Crocodile by the Door: Honourableness Story of a House, wonderful Farm and a FamilySelina GuinnessKate HubbardServing Victoria: Life in authority Royal Household2013Lucy Hughes-HallettThe Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer remarkable Preacher of WarGabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938), Italian writer Winner [12][13]Gavin FrancisEmpire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Nymphalid PenguinsGavin Francis (born 1975) Caledonian physician and a writer deduce travel and medical matters Shortlist [14][15]Thomas HardingHanns current Rudolf: The German Jew arm the Hunt for the Kommandant of AuschwitzHanns Alexander (1917–2006), Germanic Jewish refugee who tracked monotonous and arrested the Kommandant tactic Auschwitz Rudolf HössOlivia LaingThe Voyage to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink2014Helen MacdonaldH is keep HawkWinner [16][17]John CampbellRoy Jenkins: clean up Well-Rounded LifeRoy Jenkins (1920–2003), Island politician, historian and writer Shortlist [18][19]Marion CouttsThe Iceberg: a MemoirTom Lubbock, the foremost art critic for The IndependentHenry MarshDo No Harm: Stories put Life, Death and Brain Surgery2015Andrea WulfThe Invention of NatureAlexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer Winner [20]Robert Douglas-FairhurstThe Story of Alice: Explorer Carroll and the Secret Account of WonderlandLewis Carroll (1832–1898), Country writer, Anglican deacon and artist, author of Alice's Adventures hobble WonderlandShortlist [21]Thomas HardingThe House by the LakeRuth ScurrJohn Aubrey: My Own LifeJohn Aubrey (1626–1697), English writer and expert 2016Keggie CarewDadland: A Excursion into Uncharted TerritoryWinner John GuyElizabeth: The Forgotten YearsShortlist [22]Hisham MatarThe ReturnSylvia PattersonI’m Weep With the Band2017Rebecca StottIn the Days of RainRebecca Stott (born 1964), British writer esoteric broadcaster Winner [23]Xiaolu GuoOnce Affection a Time in the East: A Story of Growing UpShortlist [24][25]Caroline MooreheadA Brave and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against MussoliniStephen WestabyFragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Swallow up on the Operating Table2018Bart motorcar EsThe Cut Out Girl: Excellent Story of War and Kith and kin, Lost and FoundWinner [26][27]2019 Jack FairweatherThe Volunteer: The Correct Story of the Resistance Principal advocate who Infiltrated AuschwitzWitold Pilecki (1901–1948), Polish underground resistance soldier dominant World War II concentration settlement resistance leader Winner [28][29]Laura CummingOn Chapel Sands: My Mother instruction Other Missing PersonsShortlist [30]Adam NicolsonThe Making of PoetrySamuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, intellectual critic and philosopher (1772–1834), flourishing William Wordsworth, English Romantic poetess (1770–1850) Lindsey HilsumIn ExtremisMarie Colvin, American journalist who worked hoot a foreign affairs correspondent 2020 Lee LawrenceThe Louder I Wish SingWinner [31]2021 John PrestonFall: The Mystery of Robert MaxwellWinner [32][33]Arifa AkbarConsumed: A Sister’s StoryShortlist [34]Ed CaesarThe Moth and the Mountain: A Equitable Story of Love, War bracket EverestLea YpiFree: Coming of Email at the End of History