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Edition 22 (1940)

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Winners

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Charles Langbridge Morgan ちゃーるず らんぐぶりっじ もーがん Winner

One of Charles Morgan’s representative novels, it moves between the French countryside and Paris while quietly exploring love, freedom, and the weight of choice. The story is centered less on outward travel than on the changes taking place deep within the characters.

A quiet novel set in France, tracing the meaning of love and freedom.

555 pages
travellovefreedomFrance
Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott ひるだ えふえむ ぷれすこっと Winner

A biography that reconsiders Mary I’s life and reign within the context of religious conflict and court politics. Rather than relying on the familiar image of a harsh persecutor, it redraws her character through her political limits, faith, and family history.

A biography that looks beyond the familiar image of ‘Bloody Mary’ and reconsiders Mary I.

452 pages
biographyTudor Englandreligious historymonarchy