TheWorld’sMostPrestigiousPrize:TheInsideStoryoftheNobelPeacePrizeisafascinating,insideraccountoftheNobelPeacePrize.DrawingonunprecedentedaccesstotheNorwegianNobelInstitute’svastarchive,itoffersagrippingaccountofthefoundingoftheprize,aswellasitshighsandlows,triumphsanddisasters,overthelastone-hundred-and-twentyyears.Butmorethanthat,thebookalsodrawsontheauthor’suniqueinsightduringhistwenty-fiveyearsasDirectoroftheNorwegianNobelInstituteandSecretaryoftheNorwegianNobelCommittee.Itrevealstherealstoryofallthelaureatesofthatperiod-someofthemamongthemostcontroversialinthehistoryoftheprize(Gorbachev,Arafat,PeresandRabin,MandelaandDeKlerk,Obama,andLiuXiaobo)-andexactlywhytheycametoreceivetheprize.DespiteallthathasbeenwrittenabouttheNobelPeacePrize,thisisthefirst-everaccountwrittenbyaprominentinsiderintheNobelsystem.