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Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. - Wikipedia

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Born 5 October 1949

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  • Cover of: Dickens' London: an imaginative vision

    First published in 1987 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1990 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time

    First published in 2004 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2001 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2016 1 edition — 1 previewable
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English author

Born 5 October 1949
Subjects
Fiction, History, Biography, Juvenile literature, Civilization, England, fiction, English fiction, London (england), fiction, Social life and customs, English Novelists, Homes and haunts, In literature, New York Times reviewed, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American Poets, Ancient Civilization, Astronautics, Civilisation, Criticism and interpretation, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, England, English Poets, Exploration, Exploration of outer space, Fathers and sons
Places
England, London (England), London, Great Britain, Rome, California, Canterbury, Canterbury (England), Central America, Clerkenwell (London, England), Earth, Egypt, Londres (Angleterre), Londres (GB), Londres (Grande-Bretagne), Londyn, Londyn (Wielka Brytania), Outer space, Paris, Rome (Empire), Rome antique, San Marino, South America, United States, Wielka Brytania
People
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Carleton Brown (1869-1941), Dan Leno, Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400), Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727), John Dee (1527-1608), Karl Marx (1818-1883), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Walter W. Skeat (1835-1912), William Blake (1757-1827)
Time
19th century, 20th century, 18th century, 14th century, Middle English, 1100-1500, To 1806, To 1821, To 332 B.C., origines

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July 29, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import