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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University"
"Winner of the Beatrice White Prize, The English Association, University of Leicester"
"Winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, The British Academy"
"Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, The Wolfson Foundation"
"Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown, Historical Writers’ Association"
"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biography and Autobiography, Association of American Publishers"
"One of The Times' Best Literary Non-Fiction Books of 2019"
"One of the Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2019"
"One of the Sunday Times' Best Literary Books of 2019"
"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2020"
