2012 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography winner

The 2012 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography is awarded to Frances Wilson for How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J Bruce Ismay. The £5,000 Prize will be presented by Flora Fraser on Thursday 14 June, at the Society of Authors' annual awards party at The Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall. Other prizes administered by the Society will be introduced by Lindsey Davis and presented by Claire Tomalin. The prize is generously sponsored by Flora Fraser and Peter Soros in affectionate memory of Elizabeth Longford, the acclaimed biographer