The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction: the longlist

    The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is one in which many of us take a keen interest; here's this year's longlist:

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay by William Boyd

A Petrol Scented Spring by Ajay Close

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

Dictator by Robert Harris

Devastation Road by Jason Hewitt

Death and Mr Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis

Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea

End Games in Bordeaux by Allan Massie

Tightrope by Simon Mawer

Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss

Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn

Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar

    The shortlist will be announced at the end of March, and the winner at The Borders Book Festival on 18th. June.