The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction: the shortlist

    Last month, the longlist for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction was announced, and that's now been whittled down to reveal the shortlist:

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

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea

End Games in Bordeaux* by Allan Massie

Tightrope by Simon Mawer

Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar

 

    The shortlisted authors have been invited to take part in a panel discussion on historical fiction at The Borders Book Festival in Melrose on Saturday, 18th, June, and the winner will be announced that day.

 

*See this post.