The British Book Awards 2006 from Channel4.com

Borders / Books etc History Book of the Year

And the WINNER is: Auschwitz by Laurence Rees (BBC Books)
Congratulations!

A broad choice of historical themes – from East to West, ancient to modern...

The final shortlist was:

Auschwitz
Laurence Rees (BBC Books)

Istanbul
Orhan Pamuk (Faber and Faber)

Mao
Jung Chang & Jon Halliday (Jonathan Cape)

Persian Fire
Tom Holland (Little, Brown)

British Book Awards 2005
1 Apr 2006, 6.00pm

Repeated on More 4
2 Apr 2006, 5.00pm

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