P. H. Newby Author, friend and colleague Anthony Thwaite in his obituary states: "P. H. Newby was one of the best English novelists of the second half of the century." P. H. Newby Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel "Something to Answer For" having received the inaugural award in 1969. P.H. Newby, known as Howard Newby, was born in Crowborough, Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire, and St Paul's College of
Mary Queen of Scots (1969 book) written to Bothwell by one of his mistresses. The book had Fraser awarded the 1969 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Fraser, Antonia. "Mary Queen of Scots". London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. . Reissued, Phoenix paperback, 2001. (10); (13). 40th anniversary ed., reissued Phoenix (Orion Books) paperback, 2009. . Mary Queen of Scots (1969 book) Mary Queen of Scots (1969) is a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Antonia Fraser. A 40th-anniversary edition of the book was published in 2009. As she states in her "Author's Note", Fraser aims to test the truth or falsehood of the many legends on