The longlist for this the 10th year of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been reduced to a six-book shortlist:
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
After The Party by Cressida Connolly
The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
Place your bets!
Just started After the Party - not sure what I think yet.
Posted by: LizF | 02 April 2019 at 10:54 PM
I liked the sound of that one, and overall it looks like a strong list.
Posted by: Cornflower | 03 April 2019 at 07:20 PM
Read After the Party this week. A book which got better the further on I read. Certainly a part of history I have never really read of, either for real or in fiction.
Also enjoyed The Western Wind, again it got better the more I read.
Awaiting titles at the library now to continue to read the short list.
Posted by: Fran H-B | 07 April 2019 at 07:57 AM
Excellent.
Posted by: Cornflower | 07 April 2019 at 08:41 PM