Libros de Peter Ackroyd

First Light

• In this title, the excavation of an astronomically aligned neolithic grave in Dorset unexpectedly..

The Plato Papers: A Prophesy

• From the imagination of one of the most brilliant writers of our time and bestselling author of The

The Casebook Of Victor Frankenstein

• A "New York Times "Notable Bookand. Providence Journal Best Book of the Year. From the..

Thames: The Biography

• In this perfect companion to "London: The Biography," Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the..

The Death Of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend (classics Deluxe Edition)

• 336 páginas
• The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table,...

London Under

• 202 páginas

Foundation

• The first volume in Peter Ackroyd’s stunning six-part history of England, taking us from Stonehenge to the death of Henry VII

London

• 661 páginas

Hawksmoor

• 270 páginas
• So proclaims Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren and the man with a commission to build seven London churches to stand as beacons of the enlightenment. But Dyer plans to conceal a dark secret at the heart of each church - to create a forbiddi...

Venice

• 498 páginas
• In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees...

The Canterbury Tales

• 436 páginas
• Making a major part of England's literary heritage accessible to a new audience, Peter Ackroyd's The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling renders Geoffrey Chaucer's timeless tales in lucid, compelling modern English prose, with illustrations by Nick...

The English Ghost

• 276 páginas
• The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace and spooks who just want to have fun.

Words And Meanings

The Casebook Of Victor Frankenstein

• Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington near Oxford. The coroner’s office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying...

Poe

• 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.

Thames: Sacred River

• 512 páginas
• Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source. Exploring its history from prehistoric times to the present day, the reader is drawn into an extraordinary...

Shakespeare

• 546 páginas
• Peter Ackroyd's marvellous biography is a living attempt to reach into the heart of Shakespeare. He creates an intimate and immediate connection with his subject, so that the book reads like the work of a contemporary - meeting Shakespeare afresh on...

Brief Lives 3 - Newton

• 163 páginas
• 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...

Chaucer

• Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet self-depreciating and ironic leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him....

London: The Biography

• 880 páginas
• Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, so London is a biography rather...