67 followers
(b.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
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)
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)
Collections
London Lickpenny (poems) (1973)
Country Life (poems) (1978)
The Diversions of Purley (poems) (1987)
The Collection (2001)
Country Life (poems) (1978)
The Diversions of Purley (poems) (1987)
The Collection (2001)
Non fiction series
Voyages Through Time
Escape from Earth (2003)
In The Beginning (2003)
Cities of Blood (2004)
Kingdom of the Dead (2004)
Escape from Earth (2003)
In The Beginning (2003)
Cities of Blood (2004)
Kingdom of the Dead (2004)
History of England
1. Foundation (2011)
2. Tudors (2012)
3. Civil War (2014)
4. Revolution (2016)
5. Dominion (2018)
6. Innovation (2021)
1. Foundation (2011)
2. Tudors (2012)
3. Civil War (2014)
4. Revolution (2016)
5. Dominion (2018)
6. Innovation (2021)
Non fiction
Notes for a New Culture (1976)
Dressing Up (1979)
Ezra Pound and His World (1980)
T.S. Eliot (1984)
Dickens' London (1987)
Dickens (1990)
Blake (1995)
The Life of Thomas More (1998)
London (2000)
The Mystery of Charles Dickens (2002)
Turner (2002)
Albion (2002)
Illustrated London (2003)
Chaucer: Ackroyd's Brief Lives (2004)
Ancient Greece (2005)
Ancient Rome (2005)
Shakespeare (2005)
J.M.W. Turner (2006)
Newton (2006)
The Thames (2007)
Poe: A Life Cut Short (2008)
Venice (2009)
A Brief Guide to William Shakespeare (2010)
The Death of King Arthur (2010)
The English Ghost (2010)
London Under (2011)
Wilkie Collins (2012)
Charlie Chaplin (2014)
Rebellion (2014)
Alfred Hitchcock (2015)
Blitz (2016)
Queer City (2017)
Colours of London (2022)
The English Actor (2023)
Dressing Up (1979)
Ezra Pound and His World (1980)
T.S. Eliot (1984)
Dickens' London (1987)
Dickens (1990)
Blake (1995)
The Life of Thomas More (1998)
London (2000)
The Mystery of Charles Dickens (2002)
Turner (2002)
Albion (2002)
Illustrated London (2003)
Chaucer: Ackroyd's Brief Lives (2004)
Ancient Greece (2005)
Ancient Rome (2005)
Shakespeare (2005)
J.M.W. Turner (2006)
Newton (2006)
The Thames (2007)
Poe: A Life Cut Short (2008)
Venice (2009)
A Brief Guide to William Shakespeare (2010)
The Death of King Arthur (2010)
The English Ghost (2010)
London Under (2011)
Wilkie Collins (2012)
Charlie Chaplin (2014)
Rebellion (2014)
Alfred Hitchcock (2015)
Blitz (2016)
Queer City (2017)
Colours of London (2022)
The English Actor (2023)
Awards
|
Peter Ackroyd recommends
The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (1904)
Oscar Wilde
"The Portrait of Mr W.H. is quintessential Wilde, introducing paradox into the realm of speculation and wit into the sphere of art."
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."
Visitors also looked at these authors