Duff Cooper Prize
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The
Duff Cooper Prize is a prize which goes to the best work of
history,
biography, or
political science published in
English or
French. The prize is worth ?3,000. The prize was established in honour of
Duff Cooper, a
British diplomat, Cabinet member and acclaimed author.
Past Winners:
- 2002 - Jane Ridley, The Architect and his Wife
- 2001 - Margaret Macmillan, Peacemakers: The Paris Conference of 1919 and Its Attempts to End War
- 2000 - Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes
- 1999 - Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost
- 1998 - Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Darker Reflections