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The six books vying for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature were announced today by Antonia Maioni, Dean of 香蕉视频鈥檚 Faculty of Arts. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 long list continues the Cundill Prize tradition of identifying outstanding works of historical writing that combine scholarship and wide appeal,鈥� said Maioni, who serves as the Chair of the Cundill Prize. Now in its ninth year, the Cundill Prize is the world鈥檚 most lucrative international award for a non-fiction book, featuring a grand prize of $75,000 (US) and two Recognition of Excellence prizes of $10,000 (US) each.听

The three finalists will be announced the week of October 3. The winner of the grand prize will be announced at a gala awards ceremony in Toronto on Thursday, November 17, at the Shangri-La Hotel.

The six long-listed titles are:

Mary Beard - SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Robert J. Gordon - The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War (Princeton University Press)
Thomas W. Laqueur - The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains (Princeton University Press)
Philippe Sands - East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)听
David Wootton - The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution (Allen Lane)
Andrea Wulf - The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt鈥檚 New World (Alfred A. Knopf, John Murray Publishers)

This year鈥檚 long list was chosen by the Cundill jury, which included Timothy Brook,听Republic of China Chair,听University of British Columbia; John Darwin,听Professor of Global and Imperial History and Director, Oxford Centre for Global History, University of Oxford; David Frum, Senior Editor, The Atlantic; and Anna Porter, Co-founder, Key Porter Books and author (Buying a Better World: George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy, The Ghosts of Europe).

About the Prize: The Cundill Prize is the world鈥檚 most important international prize for non-fiction historical literature. It was established in 2008 by McGill alumnus F. Peter Cundill, who passed away in January 2011. The prize is administered by 香蕉视频鈥檚 Dean of Arts, with assistance from the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC), and is awarded annually to an individual who has published a book that has made a profound literary, social, and academic impact in the area of history. 听

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