Lecturer's book shortlisted for history prize
A book written by a lecturer in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology has been shortlisted for a prize.
Angels in Early Medieval England by Dr Richard Sowerby has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize.
The prize is awarded annually for the best first book in British or Irish history published in 2016.
The winner of the prize, and £1000, will be announced at the Royal Historical Society’s annual reception on Friday 7 July 2017.
Dr Sowerby is a lecturer in Early Medieval Insular History.
It's an enormous honour to have been shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize. There were moments when I was working on the book when I thought that no-one other than myself would ever be interested in my odd little corner of the Middle Ages. To be shortlisted for such a prestigious award is more than I could ever have hoped for.