Bismarck Book Up For Samuel Johnson Prize

Sunday 26th May

Posted at 8:25PM Tuesday 14 Jun 2011

Art critic Andrew Graham Dixon's Caravaggio and Jonathan Steinberg's Bismarck: A Life will compete with four other non-fiction books for the award.

The winner, who will win £20,000, will be announced in London on 6 July.

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