60 uitgaven gevonden in Peter Ackroyd
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Paperback edition of Ackroyd's bestselling, and critically acclaimed, historical novel. Clever structure builds an evocative and entertaining picture of life in 14th century London....
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Peter Ackroyd's first novel for Minerva, and his first book in a highly publicised ten-year deal with Reed. Set against the extraordinary cityscape of Victorian London, it concerns a music...
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An exciting new book from the acclaimed author of the magnificent:"London The Biography". This title covers the whole of English cultural history from its roots in the Anglo-Saxon period,...
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Over de toneelschrijver, dichter en acteur William Shakespeare (1564-1616) zijn duizenden boeken geschreven, maar nog steeds weet niemand wie hij was. Peter Ackroyd heeft de uitdaging...
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De beroemde Engelse dichter John Milton maakt in de zeventiende eeuw een -verzonnen- reis naar Amerika om een veroordeling in Engeland te ontlopen en het protestantse geloof vrijelijk te...
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The 2nd volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England. Rich in detail and atmosphere, and told in vivid prose, Ackroyd recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic...
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An Oxford-based reimagining of Mary Shelley's }Frankenstein{ written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein. His creator Mary Shelley also features as a character in this 'intelligent, creepily...
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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is an organism with its own...
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Op 3 oktober 1849 werd Edgar Allan Poe, de grootste schrijver die Amerika ooit kende, meer dood dan levend bij een dokter gebracht. Hij stierf enkele dagen later, vermoeid, verward en...
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Alfred Hitchcock was een vreemd kind. Hij was dik en eenzaam, ging gebukt onder angst en brandde van ambitie. Zijn kindertijd rook naar de geur van vis uit de winkel van zijn vader. Bang om...
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In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the...
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A biography of the city of London. It takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, it pre
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Peter Ackroyd beschrijft op meesterlijke wijze het leven en werk van Thomas More (1478-1535), de patroonheilige van politici en een van de markantste figuren uit de westerse geschiedenis....
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This fictional nightmare combines the genres of thriller, ghost story and metaphysical tract. Ackroyd uses 17th-century language and spelling to evoke the spirit of London after the Great...
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"Ackroyd tells More's story with imaginative sympathy and impeccable scholarship. When one finishes the book one has the sense that not only does Ackroyd know all the available facts about...
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Paperback of this exhaustive and minutely researched biography of the city of London, which has been hailed by various critics as }the{ book on the city. A vivid and anecdotal overview which...
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Peter Ackroyd beschrijft op meesterlijke wijze het leven en werk van Thomas More (1478-1535), de patroonheilige van politici en een van de markantste figuren uit de westerse geschiedenis....
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Peter Ackroyd beschrijft op onnavolgbare wijze het leven en werk van Thomas More (1478-1535), de patroonheilige van politici en een van de markantste figuren uit de westerse geschiedenis....
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Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory.In it, Ackroyd takes readers from...
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James Mallord William Turner (1775- 1851) was both the most admired and the most derided painter of his time. His ambition was to excel in all forms of painting and he worked with every...
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of...
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Reissue of Ackroyd's acclaimed biography of the visionary poet, as part of the anniversar anniversary celebration, which falls on 28th November
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The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression,...
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From a master historian -- a brilliantly original historical novel set in late-14th century London. "I am sister to the day and night. I am sister to the woods." Sister Clarisse, a nun in...
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The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.
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Peter Ackroyd is our preeminent 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. Ackroyd takes...
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An enormously enjoyable spooky collection of ghost-sightings over the centuries, full of the spirit of place, in true Ackroyd style. The English, Peter Ackroyd tells us in this fascinating...
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Mary Lamb is confined by the restrictions of domesticity: her father is losing his mind, her mother watchful and hostile. The great solace of her life is her brother Charles, an aspiring...
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Story of conflict, treachery, hypocrisy and greed set in the New World and based on the premise that John Milton fled from England prior to the restoration of Charles II in 1660. By the...
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Peter Ackroyd discloses the true nature of Blake's life and art. He traces his progression from early childhood in a Dissenting household, through his apprenticeship as an engraver and his...
