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BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

The Winner, of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, announced on the 30th June, was Philip Hoare for Leviathan or the Whale

The shortlist for the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize is as follows:

  • Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed (William Heinemann)
  • Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (Fourth Estate)
  • The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Simon & Schuster)
  • Leviathan, or the Whale by Philip Hoare (Fourth Estate)
  • The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes (HarperPress)
  • Quantum by Manjit Kumar (Icon)

    • Kate Summerscale won the 2008 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for her book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher published by Bloomsbury.

    Further information can be obtained from www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk