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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 to life.

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The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.

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The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.

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The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyds magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.

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The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyds magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.

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The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyds magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.

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An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.

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An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.

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A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.

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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 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for invention'. This book demonstrates his perceptions, which changed our world forever.

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Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. He knew at first hand the most powerful people in the country and, as the king's servant; Yet even in this crowded life he found time and opportunity to write some of the finest poems in the language.

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What if John Milton, Cromwell's secretary, anticipating the King's return to London, had decided to flee England in order to avoid imprisonment or death What if he had crossed the ocean and joined the Puritans recently settled in New England From this idea Peter Ackroyd creates an enthralling story of conflict, treachery, hypocrisy and greed.

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Heralded as a genius, the forerunner of modern fantasy and credited with the invention of the psychological drama, science fiction and the detective story , Edgar Allan Poe had a life as dramatic and tragic as his art.

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until that Thames-side dawn when Victor, waiting, wrapped in his greatcoat, on his wooden jetty, hears the splashing of oars and sees in the half-light that slung into the stern of the approaching boat is the corpse of a handsome young man, one hand trailing in the water....

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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 excavations of the city he believes is Ancient Troy.

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Mary Lamb is confined by the restrictions of domesticity: her father is losing his mind, her mother watchful and hostile.

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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), which existed before the dimming of the stars and the burning of the machines. But then he is put on trial.

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Follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel and Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. This book offers an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, and drinking in its pubs and clubs.

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The man and the plays - without the boring bits - with commentary by Peter Ackroyd.

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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.

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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, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out.

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The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it

Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award.

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The third volume of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial six-part History of England, taking readers from the accession of the first Stuart king, James I, to the overthrow of his grandson, James II.

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The scene is London, in 1399. The streets of London are rife with rumour, heresy, espionage and murder and at the centre of the confusion is the nun, Sister Clarice, who has been vouchsafed visions of the future. As one critic has put it, 'he is our age's greatest London imagination'.