Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1983) Winner
Kenneth Rose
ケネス・ローズ
Kenneth Rose
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-11-15
- Died
- 2014-01-28 age 89
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Biographer
- Active Years
- 1952-2014
- Affiliations
- Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repton School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Repton School
Country:
United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Whitbread Book Award | King George V | 伝記部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Wolfson History Prize | King George V | — | Wolfson Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Monarchy | 受賞 |
Whitbread Book Award
1983
Work:
King George V
Category:
伝記部門
Result:
受賞
Wolfson History Prize
1983
Work:
King George V
Organization:
Wolfson Foundation
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1997
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Wolfson History Prize
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Superior Person: A Portrait of Curzon and His Circle in late Victorian England
1969 BiographyA portrait of George Curzon and his circle.
Victorian eraAristocracy
The Later Cecils
1975 BiographyHistory of the later Cecils.
Noble families
King George V
1983 BiographyBiography of King George V.
Royal familyBritish history
Elusive Rothschild: The Life of Victor, Third Baron
2003 BiographyBiography of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron.
FinancierJewish heritage
Bibliography
- Superior Person: A Portrait of Curzon and His Circle in late Victorian England (1969)
- The Later Cecils (1975)
- William Harvey 1578-1657 (1978)
- King George V (1983)
- Kings, Queens & Courtiers (1985)
- Elusive Rothschild (2003)
- Who's In, Who's Out. The Journals of Kenneth Rose Vol. 1 (2018)
- Who Wins, Who Loses. The Journals of Kenneth Rose Vol. 2 (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed biographical styleSocial history insights
- Recurring Motifs
- RoyaltyHigh society
Legacy
Renowned British royal biographer, winner of Whitbread and Wolfson prizes. His journals contribute to social history.
Quotes
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He was, of course, a snob — nobody could write a social column in the Sunday Telegraph for more than 50 years without some snobbish instincts — but he was an intelligent one, singularly well-informed, and capable from time to time of administering a sharp bite to the noble hands that fed him his material.
Source: The Spectator (2018)
Trivia
- Son of a Bradford Jewish surgeon.
- Served in the Welsh Guards.