Edmund Richardson wins Baillie Gifford prize for a life of Alexander the Great
Alexander: God, King, Man is the first ancient-history book to take Britain's leading nonfiction award, beating a shortlist that included Patrick Radden Keefe.
Edmund Richardson has been awarded the 2026 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction, worth £50,000, for Alexander: God, King, Man, his account of the life of Alexander the Great, according to the Guardian. The prize was presented at a ceremony in London on Wednesday evening.
Richardson's book is, per the Guardian, the first work of ancient history to win the Baillie Gifford, which has established itself as one of the most prominent nonfiction prizes in the English-speaking world. It beat a six-strong shortlist that included London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe, a past winner of the prize.
No French edition of Alexander: God, King, Man is mentioned in the available reporting.
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