Historia is giving away all three winning books in the 2024 HWA Crown Awards to two lucky winners! These awards celebrate the best in recent historical writing, fiction and non-fiction.
The two winners of our 2024 HWA Crown Awards winners giveaway will each receive:
Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle.
Our judges called this book “the masterful telling of a formative period in the life of artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Vivid in detail, this is a brilliant example of the power of historical fiction.”
Four Shots In the Night: A True Story of Stakeknife, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland by Henry Hemming.
The judges called it “an even-handed and scrupulous uncovering of the true scale of British intelligence operations in Northern Ireland from the start of the Troubles to the Good Friday Agreement. The all-too human stories — on both sides — highlight the moral dilemmas inherent in the search for peace. Reads like a thriller!”
The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh.
Our judges said: “Recreates all the atmosphere of a Victorian music hall. Gripping plot and a clever insight into the world of the dark theatrical underworld.”
Follow the instructions below to enter. You’ve got up to four chances to win and can enter using any or all of these options:
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This giveaway is open until 11.59pm on Sunday, 13 July, 2025.
Please read the instructions carefully. And remember, if we email you to say you’re a winner, you’ll need to answer our email within 48 hours (it’s all in the T&Cs, unexciting but useful reading).
Good luck!
Read more about the books that won the 2024 HWA Crown Awards.
For the 2025 HWA Crown Awards:
The longlists are announced on 17 September 2025
The shortlists are announced on 15 October 2025
The winners are announced at the HWA Crown Awards ceremony on 19 November 2025
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