Virginia Giuffre ’s powerful posthumous memoir has been named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards .

Her book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice , also secured the non-fiction narrative book of the year prize at a London ceremony on Monday.

Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide last year aged 41, was a prominent accuser of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein , convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell , and former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor .

The widely praised memoir offers a detailed account of her alleged trafficking by Epstein and Maxwell, and includes allegations against powerful men such as Mountbatten-Windsor.

The win is said to “remind us of the power of books to uphold an author’s legacy”, in light of the revelations of the Epstein files – the US Department of Justice’s document dump relating to the convicted sex offender.

The awards ceremony, hosted by TV presenter Steph McGovern, also saw Dame Jilly Cooper among the authors commemorated with a…