English PEN is pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s PEN/Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history. The prize is awarded annually for a book of specifically historical content not primarily written for the academic market. The six shortlisted titles are:

The Taste of War by Lizzie Collinghan (Allen Lane)

Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies (Allen Lane)

Britain’s War Machine by David Edgerton (Allen Lane)

The Information by James Gleick (Fourth Estate)

An Empire of Ice by Edward J Larson (Yale)

To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild (Macmillan)

The winner will be announced at a special prize-giving ceremony at the English PEN Literary Cafe at this year’s London Book Fair on Tuesday 17 April.