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Title :
Thames, The
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
The Thames has been a highway, a frontier and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of waterand a source of power. This title...
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Chaucer
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
Geoffrey Chaucer, who died in 1400, enjoyed an eventful life. He served with the Duke of Clarence and with Edward III, and in 1359 was taken prisoner in...
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Title :
Turner
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
A short biography revealing the genius of the artist and the abiding qualities of the man.
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Title :
Collection, The
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the "Spectator", on literature, film and a number of social and...
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Title :
Clerkenwell Tales, The
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
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...
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Title :
Illustrated London
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
This large format picture book about London is divided into four parts: Roman and medieval London; the Great Fire of 1666 compared with the Blitz of 1944;...
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Title :
First Light
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
In this title, the excavation of an astronomically aligned neolithic grave in Dorset unexpectedly affects the lives of an archaeologist, astronomer, and...
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Title :
Great Fire of London, The
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
Spenser Spender wants to make a film of Dickens' "Little Dorrit" using a contemporary London prison as a set. But he is not the only person interested...
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Title :
T.S.Eliot
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
Peter Ackroyd's biography gives new insights into Eliot's life and work.
The author also wrote "First Light", "Chatterton" and "Hawksmoor".
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Title :
Blake
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
A biography of William Blake who was a poet, painter, engraver and visionary.
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Title :
Kingdom of the Dead
Author(s) :
Ackroyd, Peter
From Mummys to monuments, Pharaohs to pyramids - enter the Kingdom of the Dead. The original empire, Egypt, was a land of wealth and wonder, assassinations...
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