Three finalists has been named for the $75,000 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, which is "awarded annually to an individual who has published a book determined to have had a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history." The grand prize winner will be announced in Toronto November 2. This year's Cundill finalists are Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert (Knopf), The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen (Oxford University Press) and Eichmann before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer by Bettina Stangneth (Bodley Head).
