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2007 Orwell Prize for political writing


The Orwell Prize for political writing was established in 1993 and is now regarded as the foremost British award for books and journalism rooted in politics. Peter Beaumont, Foreign Editor at The Observer, won the Prize for Journalism, while Peter Hennessy won the Political Book Prize for his study of Britain in the 1950's, Having It So Good. This book, concerning the rise of Harold Macmillan, was also shortlisted for the 2007, Samuel Johnson Prize. It picks up the story of social evolution in Britain where his earlier work, Never Again - Britain 1945-1951, left off.

See also: the 2008 Orwell Prize

Winner - Orwell Prize 2007

Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
by: Peter Hennessy

by: Peter Hennessy

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Shortlist - Orwell Prize 2007

Thatcher & Sons:
A Revolution in Three Acts
by Simon Jenkins
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Alexis de Tocqueville:
Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution
by Hugh Brogan
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Occupational Hazards:
My Time Governing in Iraq
by Rory Stewart
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Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs

Lewis Page


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Bad Faith:
A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland
Carmen Callil


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George Orwell

George Orwell Omnibus: The Complete Novels: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and, 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
by: George Orwell

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