Historian shortlisted for prestigious writing prize

A CAMBRIDGE author has been shortlisted for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

- Helen Castor CHRIS GIBBIONS

EAGLE AND THE HART

(HELEN CASTOR)

The Wolfson History Prize is the most valuable history writing prize in the country, awarding the winner £50,000 and each of the five shortlisted authors £5,000.

Included on it is The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard ll and Henry IV by Helen Castor, published by Allen Lane.

Helen, 57 is an acclaimed historian of the medieval and Tudor period and a BBC broadcaster.

Born in Cambridge, she later completed BA and a PhD at Gonville and Caius College in the city and went on to teach history at the University of Cambridge.