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Peter Ackroyd

(Peter Warwick Ackroyd)

(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

Voyages Through Time
   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)

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)

Collections

   London Lickpenny (poems) (1973)
   Country Life (poems) (1978)
   The Diversions of Purley (poems) (1987)
   The Collection (2001)

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

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The Scarlet Boy (1998)
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen (1980)
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"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."

Lud Heat and Suicide Bridge (1975)
Iain Sinclair
"A wonderful poem."

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