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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.

Awards: Nibbies (1991), Whitbread (1985), SoA (1984)  see all

Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery
 
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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Novels
   The Great Fire of London (1982)
   The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
   Hawksmoor (1985)
   Chatterton (1987)
   First Light (1989)
   English Music (1992)
   Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1992)
     aka The Trial of Elizabeth Cree / The Limehouse Golem
   The House of Doctor Dee (1993)
   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)
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Collections
   London Lickpenny (poems) (1973)
   Country Life (poems) (1978)
   The Diversions of Purley (poems) (1987)
   The Collection (2001)
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Non fiction show
 
Awards
1991 British Book Award Author of the Year
1985 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel : Hawksmoor
1984 Somerset Maugham Award : The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde

Award nominations
1987 Booker Prize (shortlist) : Chatterton


Peter Ackroyd recommends
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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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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."

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