Ackroyd, Peter
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Forgotten London: Exploring the Hidden Life of the City
$40.00 Add to cartNo city shaped the modern world quite like London – a powerhouse of trade, finance and empire, the centre of global influence in the nineteenth century. But beyond the familiar stories of power and po
- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0711287643
- Language: English
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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
$21.00 Read more“An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today.” —Daily Express (UK)
In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the- Series: History of England #1
- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 1250037557
- Language: English
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Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
$19.99 Add to cartThe fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.
In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from Willi- Series: History of England, 4 #4
- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1250765978
- Language: English
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The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
$27.50 Read moreNow in paperback, from a leading historian and writer, a delightful exploration of the great English tradition of treading the boards.
The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecr- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146992
- Language: English
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The English Soul: Faith of a Nation
$30.00 Read moreFrom celebrated historian and writer Peter Ackroyd, a magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the centuries.
This book portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity, as it has dev- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148456
- Language: English
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London: The Biography
$28.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Here are two thousand years of London’s history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar’s an… [more below]- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: April 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0385497717
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$23.00 Add to cart“A romp for the ages” (Vanity Fair)—now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging
Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the Engli- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0143106171
- Language: English
