With subjects ranging from postwar Germany to the fall of Robert Maxwell and the Sackler family, judges praise ‘exciting and invigorating’ finalists
The shortlist for the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction moves from life in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich to places humans have abandoned, and from the mystery of Robert Maxwell to the secrets of the Sackler family.
Worth £50,000, the Baillie Gifford is the UK’s most prestigious award for non-fiction, and has been won in the past by major names including Kate Summerscale, Jonathan Coe and Philip Hoare. Andrew Holgate, chair of this year’s judges, said that each of the six titles in the running for this year’s award was “an enveloping read”.
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