This week's #ShortlistSpotlight series for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize focuses on Lyndal Roper and her book 'Summer of Fire and Blood'.

Congratulations to Lyndal Roper and @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social 🎊

Next in the #ShortlistSpotlight leading up to the #WolfsonHistoryPrize is 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction' by @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social

Congratulations to Sadiah Qureshi and Allen Lane 🎊

Introducing #ShortlistSpotlight.

Over the coming weeks, we'll be taking a closer look at the six books shortlisted for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. First up: 'The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief'. Congratulations to Richard Holmes and @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social🎉