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    Foundation: The History of England Volume I

    Peter Ackroyd

    The first volume in Peter Ackroyd’s stunning new six-part history of England, taking us from Stonehenge to the death of Henry VII

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    Tudors: The History of England Volume II

    Peter Ackroyd

    The second volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful history of England: Tudors

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    Shakespeare: The Biography

    Peter Ackroyd

    Offers a biography of Shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting Shakespeare. It is a depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited.

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    The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend

    Peter Ackroyd

    The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred’s treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot’s fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenevere…

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    Innovation: The History of England Volume VI

    Peter Ackroyd

    The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd’s magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.

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    Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    Peter Ackroyd

    *** A Sunday Times Bestseller *** In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population.

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    Orlando

    Virginia Woolf

    Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth’s court. By the close, he will have transformed into…

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    The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern

    Peter Ackroyd

    An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.

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    The English Actor

    Peter Ackroyd

    An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.

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    The English Soul

    Peter Ackroyd

    A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.

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    Charlie Chaplin

    Peter Ackroyd

    The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? Peter Ackroyd’s new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin’s life as well as his work, from his…

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    Peter Ackroyd

    Susana Onega

    In the first book-length study to date, Susana Onega’s assessment of Ackroyd’s literary identity treads the entire range of his writings.

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    The Sign of Four

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    At first the interruption to the boredom of Sherlock Holmes seems to have little to do with crime. A governess, whose father vanished ten years ago and who has been…

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    The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings

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    A selection of Edgar Allen Poe’s critical writings, short fiction and poetry that demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed…

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    Barnaby Rudge: Introduction by Peter Ackroyd

    Charles Dickens

    Offers a portrait of London’s descent into anarchy, where ‘King Mob’ rules the streets, and innocent lives are swept up in the chaos. This is a story of mystery and…

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    Discourses of Irrationality in Peter Ackroyd’s Fiction

    Mihaela Cristina Oancea

    This book explores two of Peter Ackroyd’s novels, Hawksmoor and The House of Doctor Dee in terms of their propensity for the irrational and it aims at identifying the common…

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    Peter Ackroyd and Metafiction. A Brief Introduction

    Marta Zapala-Kraj

    Essay from the year 2015 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 5.0, language: English, abstract: Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949 and educated at St. Benedict’s…

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    Peter Ackroyd: The Ludic and Labyrinthine Text

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    Gibson and Wolfreys provide a consideration of all Ackroyd’s writing to date, from his poetry and critical thought, to his novels and biographies.

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    The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd

    Geoffrey Chaucer,Peter Ackroyd

    From the exuberant Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend to the Miller’s worldly, ribald farce, this title includes tales which can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London.

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    First Light

    Peter Ackroyd,Ackroyd

    In this title, the excavation of an astronomically aligned neolithic grave in Dorset unexpectedly affects the lives of an archaeologist, astronomer, and an entertainer.

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    Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem

    Peter Ackroyd

    In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of…

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    The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time

    Peter Ackroyd

    The English see more ghosts than any other nation. comical and scary, like all the best ghost stories, these accounts, packed with eerie detail, range from the moaning child that…

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    Wilkie Collins

    Peter Ackroyd

    As well as his enduring masterpieces, The Moonstone - often called the first true detective novel - and the sensational The Woman in White, he produced an intriguing array of…

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    Exile and Restoration: A Study of Hebrew Thought of the Sixth Century BC

    ‘A masterly survey of the period running from the eve of the exile to the end of the sixth century BC. It is a period that abounds in problems, and…

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    Alfred Hitchcock

    Peter Ackroyd

    So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press’s portrait of himself…

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    Chaucer: Ackroyd’s Brief Lives

    Peter Ackroyd

    Bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brilliantly evokes the medieval world of England and provides an incomparable introduction to the great poet Geoffrey Chaucer’s work, including The Canterbury Tales. High school &amp…

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    Colors of London: A History

    Peter Ackroyd

    In Colors of London Peter Ackroyd tells the history of London through the lens of color–with specially commissioned colorised photographs from Dynamichrome that bring a lost London back to life.

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    Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    Peter Ackroyd

    Ackroyd is a longtime chronicler of London. In this book, he looks at the metropolis in a whole new way–through the history and experiences of its gay population. He takes…

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    The Fall of Troy

    Peter Ackroyd

    Sophia Chrysanthis is initially dazzled when the celebrated German archaeologist, Herr Obermann, comes in search of a Greek bride who can read the works of Homer and assist in his…

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    Venice: Pure City

    Peter Ackroyd

    Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial-a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city.

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    The Fall of Troy

    Peter Ackroyd

    Sophia Chrysanthis is 16 when the archaeologist Herr Obermann comes wooing: he wants a Greek bride who knows her Homer. Sophia passes his test, and soon she is removing the…

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    Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination

    Peter Ackroyd

    Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries.

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    Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    Peter Ackroyd

    *** A Sunday Times Bestseller *** In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population.

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    Chatterton

    Peter Ackroyd

    The mystery of Chatterton is investigated by two Londoners, a young poet and an elderly female novelist, who find more riddles than answers from their search. At once hilarious, this…

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    Mr Cadmus

    Peter Ackroyd

    A wickedly satirical novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author.

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    Thames: The Biography

    Peter Ackroyd

    Originally published in Great Britain as Thames: sacred river by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2007, and subsequently published in hardcover in the U.S. by Nan A. Talese … New…

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    The Lambs of London

    Peter Ackroyd

    Mary Lamb is confined by the restrictions of domesticity: her father is losing his mind, her mother watchful and hostile.

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    The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein: A Novel

    Peter Ackroyd

    When two 19th-century Oxford students–Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley–form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from…

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    The Plato Papers: A Novel

    Peter Ackroyd

    At the turn of the 38th century, London’s greatest orator, Plato, focuses on the obscure and confusing era that began in A.D. 1500, the Age of Mouldwarp. His subjects include…

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    Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life

    Peter Ackroyd

    He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But…

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    Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life

    Peter Ackroyd

    He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. This…

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    Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life

    Peter Ackroyd

    A biography that turns the spotlight on Charlie Chaplin’s life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. It…

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    Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

    Peter Ackroyd

    The depth and scope of Ackroyd’s account is impressive, and it is as accessible as it is rich. –Publishers Weekly

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    Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

    Peter Ackroyd

    The depth and scope of Ackroyd’s account is impressive, and it is as accessible as it is rich. –Publishers Weekly

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    Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life

    Peter Ackroyd

    A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White, two early masterpieces of mystery and detection.

    Short and oddly built, with…

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    Alfred Hitchcock

    Peter Ackroyd

    So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press’s portrait of himself…

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    The Plato Papers

    Peter Ackroyd

    Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London on ritual occasions to impart the ancient history of their city. He dwells particulary on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300)…

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    The Lambs of London

    Peter Ackroyd

    This is Ackroyd’s retelling of a 19th century drama which keeps the reader guessing right to the end.

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