No 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 politics, its true life played out in the stre...Loe edasi...
From 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 developed over the last fourteen hund...Loe edasi...
From 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 developed over the last fourteen hund...Loe edasi...
Now 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 stagecraft, from the medieval peri...Loe edasi...
A tour de force in the tradition of Hawksmoor and Chatterton, Peter Ackroyd’s new novel of deceit and betrayal is a witty reimagining of a great nineteenth-century Shakespeare forgery.Charles and Mary Lamb...Loe edasi...
A tour de force in the tradition of Hawksmoor and Chatterton, Peter Ackroyd’s new novel of deceit and betrayal is a witty reimagining of a great nineteenth-century Shakespeare forgery.Charles and Mary Lamb...Loe edasi...
A tour de force in the tradition of Hawksmoor and Chatterton, Peter Ackroyd’s new novel of deceit and betrayal is a witty reimagining of a great nineteenth-century Shakespeare forgery.Charles and Mary Lamb...Loe edasi...
Innovation brings Peter Ackroyds History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II...Loe edasi...
Now 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 stagecraft, from the medieval peri...Loe edasi...
London has witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous fires. It is a history of work and capital, of power and exuberance, and of gre...Loe edasi...
Celebrated novelist, biographer, and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the worlds greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the citys many hues have come to shape its history and identity. ...Loe edasi...
Peter Ackroyd turns his gaze to the colours of London in this fascinating and visually engaging work, exploring how the citys many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the colours of London and what do you imag...Loe edasi...
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....Loe edasi...
The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd’s magnificent History of England series, from the Boer War to the Millenium Dome.Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd’s History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes...Loe edasi...
The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd’s magnificent History of England series, from the Boer War to the Millenium Dome.Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd’s History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes...Loe edasi...
The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd’s magnificent History of England series, from the Boer War to the Millenium Dome.Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd’s History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes...Loe edasi...
Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read. —Kirkus, starred reviewDominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives w...Loe edasi...
In this unusual and engaging work, Ackroyd brings the reader through time into the city whose idiosyncrasies have permeated much of his works of fiction and nonfiction. Reveling in the citys riches as well as its raucousness, the author traces thema...Loe edasi...
