Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
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- English writer Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning author of British fiction and history. Ackroyd is perhaps best known for his historical fiction and fictional retellings of works by authors like Charles Dickens and Geoffrey Chaucer, in which he often contrasts historical sections with passages set in the present day. Ackroyd is equally noted for his rich depictions of London, which remains a perpetual character in his writing. Start with: London: The Biography (nonfiction); The Great Fire of London (fiction)
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- British
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- Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
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- English writer Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning author of British fiction and history. Ackroyd is perhaps best known for his historical fiction and fictional retellings of works by authors like Charles Dickens and Geoffrey Chaucer, in which he often contrasts historical sections with passages set in the present day. Ackroyd is equally noted for his rich depictions of London, which remains a perpetual character in his writing. Start with: London: The Biography (nonfiction); The Great Fire of London (fiction)
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- Male
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- British
- English
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- trueHistory of England
- trueAlfred Hitchcock : a brief life
- trueCharlie Chaplin : a brief life
- trueChaucer
- trueDickens
- trueFoundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors
- trueLondon : the biography
- trueLondon under : the secret history beneath the streets
- trueNewton
- truePoe : a life cut short
- trueRebellion : the history of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
- trueShakespeare : the biography
- trueT.S. Eliot : a life
- trueThe Canterbury tales
- The fall of Troy
- trueThree brothers : a novel
- trueTudors : the history of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
- Venice : pure city
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