Books by Anna Keay
The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
by Anna Keay
đ Winner of the 2023 Pol Roger Duff Cooper prize for nonfiction
“You hear so much about the Civil War and the Restoration, but this republican period has a fascination all of its own and she really brings that out. I thought, âWhy didnât I know more about such a pivotal period in English history?â It also gives you a very rounded view of Oliver Cromwell. Heâs a figure whose name we all know, but fewer of us know what he was like or where he came from. I certainly didnât, so I found that incredibly illuminating. It’s a terrifically researched work of historyâerudite, but so brilliantly told. What Anna Keay has done is picked out the lives of fascinating people on different sides of the conflict. Itâs easy to go straight to Samuel Pepys to hear about this period, but she’s done something really original.” Read more...
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist
Caroline Sanderson, Journalist
Interviews where books by Anna Keay were recommended
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Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
by Jonathan Freedland -
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My Fourth Time, We Drowned
by Sally Hayden -
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The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
by Anna Keay -
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A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctorâs Story
by Polly Morland -
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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
by Katherine Rundell
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Caroline Sanderson
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Caroline Sanderson
Every year the judges of the Baillie Gifford Prize pick out the best nonfiction books published in the United Kingdom over the previous 12 months. Author and books journalist Caroline Sanderson, chair of this year’s judging panel, talks us through the books that made the 2022 shortlist, books that are important, readable and will hopefully surprise you.