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Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
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Peter Ackroyd |
Ackroyd re-wrote the rules of the crime thriller with this cleverly conceived story, set in a very believable recreation of Victorian London. The author effortlessly blends fact and fiction as Dan Le… |
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Canterbury tales
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Peter Ackroyd |
A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer's classicRenowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the … |
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William Blake
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Peter Ackroyd |
"William Blake is one of the most influential, but also one of the most perplexing, of all British artists. Probably best known for his verses of the hymn "Jerusalem" and his poem "The Tyger," he pro… |
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The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
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Peter Ackroyd |
When two nineteenth-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… |
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The life of Thomas More
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Peter Ackroyd |
A biography of Catholic martyr and saint, Thomas More, discussing his formidable intellect, political skill, and the steadfast faith that resulted in his beheading when he refused to follow King Henr… |
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Tudors
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Peter Ackroyd |
Ackroyd brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I. |
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The death of King Arthur
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Peter Ackroyd |
An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death brought to new life for our times. The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's tre… |
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Mary Lamb
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Peter Ackroyd |
Broer en zus Lamb denken in het laat 18e eeuwse Londen op het spoor te zijn van een onbekend manuscript van Shakespeare. |
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De val van Troje
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Peter Ackroyd |
Een jonge Griekse vrouw trouwt met een oudere Duitse archeoloog die rond 1870 op onorthodoxe wijze opgravingen doet in Troje. |
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Rijk van de farao's
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Peter Ackroyd |
De geschiedenis van de Egyptische farao's vanaf 3400 voor Chr. tot 332 voor Chr. Met veel illustraties in kleur. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar. |
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The Fall of Troy
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Peter Ackroyd |
Heinrich Obermann, a celebrated German archaeologist, has uncovered the ancient ruins of Troy on a Turkish hillside. He fervently believes that his discovery will prove that the heroes of the Iliad, … |
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London
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Peter Ackroyd |
"London: The Biography is the pinnacle of Peter Ackroyd's brilliant obsession with the eponymous city. In this work, Ackroyd brings the reader through time into the city whose institutions and idiosy… |
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