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2018 HWA Crown winners giveaway!

25 November 2018 By Editor

2018 Crown winners

Historia’s latest giveaway is the three remarkable books that won HWA Crowns earlier this month. We’re giving To Die in Spring, White King and Estoril to one winner. Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve got four chances to win and can enter using any or all of the options: 1. Sign up to the Historia mailing list. […]

The 2018 HWA Crown Awards winners!

10 November 2018 By Editor

Shaun Whiteside, Elizabeth Fremantle

At last the waiting’s over and the winners have been announced. At an awards party held at the Swedenborg Centre in London on 7 November, 2018, and hosted by historian Kate Williams, HWA members and colleagues celebrated the winners of the three HWA Crown awards and the HWA / Dorothy Dunnett short story competition. The Sharpe […]

Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards 2018

10 November 2018 By Editor

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Press release: Historian and broadcaster Kate Williams presented the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards for 2018 at a party at Swedenborg Hall in Bloomsbury on 7 November, 2018. The winner of the Debut Crown for 2018 was Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic; the Non-fiction Crown was awarded to Leanda de Lisle for White King: Charles I […]

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