Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography: Historical Biography recognizes historical biography books represented in The Book Prize Index.
BiographyAward
- Winners
- 24
- Finalists
- 0
- Shortlisted
- 30
- Longlisted
- 0
- First year
- 2003
- Latest year
- 2026
- Books
- 54
Deadline
Not yet sourced
Prize amount
Not yet sourced
Criteria / coverage
Active years represented: 2003-present. Winners for every year 2003-2026 (24 winners, no gaps, no co-winners). Shortlists are archived only from 2019 onward (four shortlisted titles per year, except three in 2019 and 2021); 2003-2018 record the winner only. Pre-2019 winner bullets carry no 'Winner:' prefix, so status must be driven by the year heading and the literal 'Shortlist:' marker.