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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
 
New Books
March 2023

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The English Actor
 
Non fiction 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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Non fiction
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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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The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (1904)
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen (1980)
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"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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The Scarlet Boy (1998)
Patrick Gale and Tom Wakefield
"A novelist who knows exactly what he's doing."

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