Peter Ackroyd

An immortal story of chivalry, treachery and death told anew for our times The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenevere, the quest for the Holy Grail. Now retold by Peter Ackroyd with his signature clarity, charm and relish for a good story, the result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving.

The Immortal Legend

The Death of King Arthur

From Medieval to Modern

English Actor

In the autumn of 1880, a series of brutal murders shakes the impoverished London neighborhood of Limehouse. As the merchants, immigrants, and prostitutes of Limehouse panic, the murders attract the attention of three remarkable men of the times: Karl Marx, in his twilight, always under suspicion for being a foreigner, a Jew, and a radical; George Gissing, the struggling author who would go on to write that great indictment of London's pinchpenny publishing world, New Grub Street; and Dan Leno, the legendary star of the music hall and the precursor of Charlie Chaplin. As the police investigate, the popular press claims the killings are the work of a "golem"--A savage creature of Jewish folklore.

The Trial of Elizabeth Cree : a Novel of the Limehouse Murders

Uncorrected Proof

The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (Abacus Books)

CARLOS ARAUJO

Sophia Chrysanthis tem apenas 20 anos quando o renomado arqueólogo alemão Obermann a corteja - ele procura uma noiva grega que conheça tudo de Homero e de sua Ilíada. A jovem acaba caindo nas graças do alemão, que logo a leva ao sítio arqueológico de Hissarlik, na Turquia, escavando o solo em busca de ânforas e vasos de bronze. O grande sonho de Obermann é conhecer todos os detalhes da guerra de Tróia, provar que os heróis descritos por Homero realmente existiram.

A queda de Tróia

When director Spenser Spender decides to film a modern version of Dickens' Little Dorvit, it draws together an unexpected collection of strangers

The Great Fire of London

Roman

Wie es uns gefa llt

Charlie Chaplin

Fictionalised biography of the sixteenth-century alchemist and astrologer - some would say mountebank and magician - Doctor John Dee.

The House of Doctor Dee

Geoff Dyer

Kate Bush

Faux Amis

Richard Wentworth/Eugène Atget

Working on a nineteenth-century excavation of the ancient ruins of Troy, Sophia, the young Greek wife of German archaeologist Heinrich Obermann, becomes suspicious about her husband's past when she finds a cache of artifacts that he had hidden away.

The Fall of Troy

Notes for a New Culture

Peter Ackroyd discloses the true nature of Blake's life and art. He traces his progression from early childhood in a Dissenting household, through his apprenticeship as an engraver and his studies at the newly formed Royal Academy Schools, to his full maturity when he produced the masterpieces upon which his reputation rests - works such as Jerusalem, Milton and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, works that were as neglected during his lifetime as they are celebrated today. But we also see Blake in the context of his period; we see him caught up in the Gordon Riots, excited by the French Revolution, being tried for sedition during the Napoleonic wars, attracted to various forms of spiritual radicalism and sexual magic. This is the first biography to reveal the true affinities between Blake's art and his poetry; in the magnificent biographical narrative we see Blake as a Cockney visionary and a London tradesman, as a prophet and an artisan.

Blake

In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. The Thames as a source of artistic inspiration comes brilliantly to life as Ackroyd invokes Chaucer, Shakespeare, Turner, Shelley, and other writers, poets, and painters who have been enchanted by its many moods and colors.

The Biography

Thames

A full-colour illustrated children's introduction to the history of Ancient Egypt. Experience the age of the Pharaohs in a tale of power and conquest, secret rituals and mysterious beliefs. Peter Ackroyd s acclaimed ten-part Voyages Through Time series continues, with a compelling blend of innovative, dramatic design and his uniquely evocative storytelling.

Kingdom of the Dead

The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it, Ackroyd takes us from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, who was firmly set against reform, to the reign of his brother, William IV, the 'Sailor King', whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery. But it was the accession of Queen Victoria, aged only eighteen, that sparked an era of enormous innovation. Technological progress - from steam railways to the first telegram - swept the nation and the finest inventions were showcased at the first Great Exhibition in 1851. The emergence of the middle classes changed the shape of society and scientific advances changed the old pieties of the Church of England, and spread secular ideas across the nation. But though intense industrialization brought boom times for the factory owners, the working classes were still subjected to poor housing, long working hours and dire poverty.It was a time that saw a flowering of great literature, too. As the Georgian era gave way to that of Victoria, readers could delight not only in the work of Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth but also the great nineteenth-century novelists: the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Mrs Gaskell, Thackeray, and, of course, Dickens, whose work has become synonymous with Victorian England.Nor was Victorian expansionism confined to Britain alone. By the end of Victoria's reign, the Queen was also an Empress and the British Empire dominated much of the globe. And, as Ackroyd shows in this richly populated, vividly told account, Britannia really did seem to rule the waves.

Dominion: the History of England Volume V

Informed by the author's access to all of Dickens' correspondence, this biography represents a detailed portrait of Victorian London and an insightful profile of the complicated, intensely ambitious, and painfully insecure author

Dickens

The critically acclaimed biographer of Dickens and Eliot provides an incisive portrait of William Blake that reassesses the true nature of the life and art of the enigmatic poet, painter, and engraver and places Blake and his unique, mystical art within the context of eighteenth-century thought.

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