Belonging, the second volume of his history of the Jews, will compete with five others, covering topics from science to sexuality, for the £30,000 award
The historian Simon Schama has advanced on to the shortlist for the 2017 Baillie Gifford prize, where the second volume of his history of the Jews, titled Belonging, appears alongside books from Christopher de Bellaigue, David France and Kapka Kassabova.
Daniel Mendelsohn and Mark O’Connell complete the final selection for the prestigious £30,000 nonfiction award, previously known as the Samuel Johnson prize.
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