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Peter Ackroyd
An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
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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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*** 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.
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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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.
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.
A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.
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Martha Ackroyd Curtis (Foreword by)
A QUEER BLOOM ON AUSTRALIA'S WRITING LANDSCAPE.The Pearl Prize is presented by Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and supported by Midsumma Festival. The theme of The Pearl Prize 2024 is A…
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
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Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre…
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Simon Ackroyd
In the heat of battle, special forces soldiers, armed to the hilt, make split-second decisions. Every move is a calculated risk, informed by rigorous training, advanced weaponry, and the strength…
In Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, retired detective Hercule Poirot is drawn into a web of deception when a wealthy man is found dead in his study. As…
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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In this title, the excavation of an astronomically aligned neolithic grave in Dorset unexpectedly affects the lives of an archaeologist, astronomer, and an entertainer.
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…
Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement to untangle the web of deceit surrounding the murder of Roger Ackroyd. Poirot masterfully leads readers through a maze of clues and red herrings…
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‘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…
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…
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 &…
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…
Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial-a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city.
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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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.
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…
Mary Lamb is confined by the restrictions of domesticity: her father is losing his mind, her mother watchful and hostile.
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…
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…
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…
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…
The depth and scope of Ackroyd’s account is impressive, and it is as accessible as it is rich. –Publishers Weekly
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…
This is Ackroyd’s retelling of a 19th century drama which keeps the reader guessing right to the end.
Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner’s office in Clarendon Street provides corpses - but they have often…
The poet John Milton is transposed to the New World, where he has travelled to flee the tyranny of the Old. His adventures with his amanuensis, Goosequill, are by turns…
Sister Clarice, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. This novel begins with The Nun’s Tale , and continues with the The Friar’s Tale…
Edgar Allan Poe began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron. Poe has been claimed as the forerunner of modern fantasy. This biography of Poe opens with his end…
Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only…
With his magisterial and ingenious re-creations of the lives of Chaucer, Dickens, T.S. Eliot, William Blake, and Sir Thomas More, Peter Ackroyd has long been recognized as today’s foremost practitioner…
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…
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)…
In Colours of London Peter Ackroyd tells the history of London through the lens of colour - with specially commissioned colorised photographs from Dynamichrome that bring a lost London back…
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A wickedly satirical novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author.
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…
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five. He was the professor of mathematics at Cambridge, an MP, master of…
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…
