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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: Lectures on the philosophy of freemasonry

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  • Cover of: London

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  • Cover of: The life of Thomas More

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  • Cover of: Dan Leno and the limehouse Golem

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  • Cover of: T.S. Eliot: a life

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  • Cover of: Thames: Sacred River

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  • Cover of: Innovation: The History of England Volume VI

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Born 5 October 1949

Subjects

History, Fiction, Biography, New York Times reviewed, London (england), fiction, Social life and customs, Juvenile literature, Civilization, England, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, English fiction, Fiction, historical, Great britain, history, tudors, 1485-1603, Intellectual life, London (england), history, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Manners and customs, Politics and government, English Novelists, English Poets, Great britain, history, 1714-1837, Homes and haunts, In literature, London (england), description and travel

Places

England, Great Britain, London (England), London, United States, Londres (Angleterre), Rome, America, California, Canterbury, Canterbury (England), Central America, Clerkenwell (London, England), Earth, Egypt, Londres (GB), Londres (Grande-Bretagne), Londyn, Londyn (Wielka Brytania), New Zealand, Outer space, Paris, Rome (Empire), Rome antique, San Marino

People

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Arthur King, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Carleton Brown (1869-1941), Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), Dan Leno, Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400), George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), House of Stuart, House of Tudor, Isaac Newton (1642-1727), J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), John Dee (1527-1608), John Milton (1608-1674), John William Polidori (1795-1821), Karl Marx (1818-1883), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)

Time

19th century, 16th century, 20th century, 1509-1547, 18th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Middle English, 1100-1500, 14th century, 1660-1714, 1714-1837, 1800-1950, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Henry VII, 1485-1509, Revolution of 1688, Richard II, 1377-1399, Stuarts, 1603-1714, To 1485, To 1500, To 1806, To 1821, To 332 B.C., Tudors, 1485-1603, origines

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July 29, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
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