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Peter Ackroyd


(Peter Warwick Ackroyd)
UK flag (b.1949)

Peter Ackroyd is a highly acclaimed historian, biographer, poet, and novelist. He was born in London and studied at both Cambridge and Yale universities.

Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery
 
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The English Soul
 
Series
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History of England
   1. Foundation (2011)
   2. Tudors (2012)
   3. Civil War (2014)
   4. Revolution (2016)
   5. Dominion (2018)
   6. Innovation (2021)
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Novels
   The Great Fire of London (1982)
   The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
   Hawksmoor (1985)
   Chatterton (1987)
   First Light (1989)
   English Music (1992)
   The House of Doctor Dee (1993)
   Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994)
     aka The Trial of Elizabeth Cree / The Limehouse Golem
   Milton in America (1996)
   The Plato Papers (1999)
   The Clerkenwell Tales (2003)
   The Lambs of London (2004)
   The Fall of Troy (2006)
   The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (2008)
   The Canterbury Tales (2009)
   Three Brothers (2013)
   Mr Cadmus (2020)
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Collections
   London Lickpenny (poems) (1973)
   Country Life (poems) (1978)
   The Diversions of Purley (poems) (1987)
   The Collection (2001)
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Non fiction show
 
Peter Ackroyd recommends
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The Scarlet Boy (1998)
Patrick Gale and Tom Wakefield
"A novelist who knows exactly what he's doing."
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen (1980)
Elizabeth Bowen
"If there is anything to the catchphrase "felt life", it is here...Many of her stories start like Saki and end like Edgar Allan Poe. It is that paradox which gives the edge to her writing and contributes to the sharpness of her vison."

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Awards
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1985) : Hawksmoor
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1987) : Chatterton
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Milton in America


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