Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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Edition 39 (2018) Winner
Julia Boyd
ジュリア・ボイド
Julia Boyd
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- Non-fiction author
- Active Years
- 1975-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History | Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People | History | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
2018
Work:
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People
Category:
History
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Story of Furniture
1975 Design / Non-fictionAn introductory overview of the history and development of furniture design.
design historyfurniture
Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan
1995 Biography / HistoryA biography of Hannah Riddell, a nurse who worked in Japan during the Meiji era, covering her life and achievements.
biographyMeiji Japanhistory of medicine
The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The Life of the First Woman Physician
2005 BiographyA study of Elizabeth Blackwell's life and her contributions to the history of women in medicine.
women's historyhistory of medicinebiography
A Dance with the Dragon: The Vanished World of Peking’s Foreign Colony
2012 Non-fiction / HistoryA historical non-fiction account documenting the culture and life of Peking's former foreign colony.
colonial historyeveryday lifecultural exchange
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People
2018 Historical non-fictionUsing travel writing and contemporary travelers' accounts, the book examines how tourism and everyday life in 1930s Germany intersected with the rise of Fascism.
social history of Nazi Germanytravel writingperspectives of ordinary people
A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism
2022 Historical non-fictionCo-written with Angelika Patel. Through the case of a Bavarian village, the book examines how Fascism transformed ordinary daily life.
local historyeveryday lifeFascism studies
Bibliography
- The Story of Furniture (1975)
- Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan (1995)
- The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The Life of the First Woman Physician (2005)
- A Dance with the Dragon: The Vanished World of Peking’s Foreign Colony (2012)
- Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People (2018)
- A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism (2022) (co-written with Angelika Patel)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- archival- and primary-source-based historical non-fictionaccessible narrative style
- Recurring Motifs
- details of everyday lifeperspectives of travelers/outsidersordinary people's actions and ethics
Legacy
Julia Boyd is recognized for archival-driven historical non-fiction that illuminates modern and Nazi-era history from the perspectives of ordinary people. She won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History in 2018 for Travellers in the Third Reich.
Quotes
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A riveting book.
Source: The Washington Post (review) (2018) -
Poses difficult questions about ordinary Germans’ complicity in the horrors of the Holocaust.
Source: Publishers Weekly (review) (2018)
Trivia
- She was married to the late Sir John Boyd, a diplomat and former Master of Churchill College, Cambridge.
- Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History in 2018.
- Lives in London.