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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Fiction, History, Biography, Juvenile literature, England, fiction, English fiction, London (england), fiction, Civilization, Criticism and interpretation, English Novelists, Homes and haunts, In literature, New York Times reviewed, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Social life and customs, American Poets, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, England, English Poets, Fathers and sons, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Life, OriginPlaces
England, London (England), London, Great Britain, 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, San Marino, South America, United States, Wielka BrytaniaPeople
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., originesID Numbers
- OLID: OL21220A
- BookBrainz: 805412d2-f2ec-4ab2-ba57-ae518b6edb51
- GoodReads: 16881
- ISNI: 0000000122781862
- IMDb: nm1186720
- Library of Congress Names: n79058330
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV059495
- VIAF: 34467427
- Wikidata: Q319169
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q319169
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- ACKROYD, PETER
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