The National Post is publishing excerpts from the six short-listed candidates for the $75,000 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Read the excerpts here:
- Anne Applebaum: The agony of liberation
- Christian Caryl: Before the Ayatollahs
- Christopher Clark: The Great Belgian blunder
- Fredrik Logevall: Hail to the hedgehogs
- Lynne Olson: America’s two giants, America’s two choices
- Tom Reiss: The real Count of Monte Cristo
As well, The McGill Reporter asked each Cundill finalist “Four Burning Questions.” Read them here: