The Land in Winter
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2025 | Shortlist |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2025 | Winner |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Andrew Miller's novel is set during the English Civil War in the aftermath of the Battle of Langport (1645) and follows a young Royalist soldier sheltering on a Somerset farmstead during one winter, caught between allegiances and a profound uncertainty about who he is and what he believes. Written in precise and luminous prose, the novel won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2025.
About the Author
Andrew Miller is a British novelist born in Bristol in 1960. He studied at the University of East Anglia's creative writing programme. His novels include Ingenious Pain (1997, winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), Casanova (1998), Oxygen (2001), The Optimists (2005), One Morning Like a Bird (2008), Pure (2011, winner of the Costa Novel Award), The Crossing (2015), Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (2018), and The Land in Winter (2024). Read more →
