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Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by Peter Ackroyd that explores the occult and historical themes in London. It follows two parallel stories of an 18th-century architect who builds seven churches with human sacrifices and a 20th-century detective who investigates murders in the same churches.
Peter Ackroyd, (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels... Read full bio.
Sep 12, 2013 · Up close and personal with Peter Ackroyd, England’s insanely prolific, controversial and eccentric novelist and historian. Writers write because they have no choice, the cliché...
Jul 29, 2024 · 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.
Oct 8, 2013 · Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series,...
In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface.
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Peter Ackroyd CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London.
