Peter Ackroyd

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• The new Peter Ackroyd bio of Chaplin is a sloppy, poorly-researched joke. Even simple photo captions are wrong. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! -- Discovering Chaplin
• Peter Ackroyd's London Under is the definitive tome on this subject. But this looks interesting, is it photo-laden? -- Elf_herself
• I hate to be boring, chaps, but the splendid Peter Ackroyd's book is ours -- George Morley
• I really liked London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd. -- Lo Rider
• london under by Peter ackroyd is v v interesting. His writing style is a bit florid but such good info! -- Chloe M
• Donated platelets this am in Liverpool and read a few chapters of Peter Ackroyd's History of England - so time well spent! -- rob lundy
• He was an architect, worked with Wren, designing churches.He is the main character in Peter Ackroyd's 'Hawksmoor' (fictional) -- jen phillips
• 'Spitalfields ... of all London areas is perhaps the one most powerfully haunted by intimations of its past.' Peter Ackroyd -- Stuart Frost
• Just read Peter Ackroyd's "Rebellion," about the 17th century in Britain, with its various monarchies and upheavals and one crazy republic. -- Roger Boylan
• Tisana, Peter Ackroyd, coperte. -- Laura Bagnoli
• Listen to every edition of Radio 4's since the series began in 1998, from Peter Ackroyd to Benjamin Zephaniah -- Clinton ASIA
• Thoroughly enjoying reading Peter Ackroyd's retelling of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, what a hoot! -- Ruth Joyce
• Just finished peter ackroyd's LONDON UNDER. good start, trying middle. undercooked. felt like companion to something else (his LONDON?). -- W H
• Started listening to the audiobook of Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor last nite. It provoked weird and disturbing dreams. -- kenneth brophy
• I happen to be reading, in Peter Ackroyd s Tudors , about the reign of Mary l of England on the anniversary of her death. -- j.c.smith
• "he was in the prison of his unreflecting self." Quotes about Cassanova from Peter Ackroyd's Venice. -- Ai Li 爱莉
• Having to argue that he is actually a shit writer -- R. Ville
• Reading Peter Ackroyd's, Rebellion -England from James I to the Glorious Revolution. -- Lionel Mandrake
• And just finishing the peerless Peter Ackroyd s Volume III of his History Of England. As magnificent a history as its people deserve. -- Peter Polycarpou
• Si vous aimez je vous invite à lire - Londres, la biographie - de Peter Ackroyd ... Passionnant ... -- Christophe
• Just watched (again) Peter Ackroyd on Venice. Can't wait until back again -- Jackie Power
• When it comes to elderly rotund gay TV historians I prefer Peter Ackroyd. -- Elizabeth Cairns
• Read Peter Ackroyd's Three Brothers - almost literally Ackroyd-by-numbers. Cheerily short, at least. -- Mr Tim
• ALBION: ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH IMAGINATION by he is a dizzying tour de force of history, culture and art. -- Angelle H Gullett
• Nice to see books on train today, even a man reading Peter Ackroyd in heavy hard back, let's get him a badge so he gets a seat -- AlbanandLyme
• Peter Ackroyd, first vol of his English history: "Heavy drinking was commonplace, as it has been at all stages of English history"! -- John Sills
• Btw, I'm reading the Peter Ackroyd one first because there are at least two more volumes! -- Meta Andy
• Yet, like the sea and the gallows, London refuses nobody. peter ackroyd I CRY -- melanie
• en el cambia: The life of Thomas More, Peter Ackroyd. Sáb31 Jardín Botánico del Orinoco 9am. -- Trueque de Libros
• Still remember who gave me what was most likely my first copy of Peter Ackroyd's Chatterton; bittersweet, fitting. -- instagramazine
• Plastic dulls the pain, I am told. But you know that already. You are a poet. Mrs. Leno to Mr. Wychwood. Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton -- Gemma Mahadeo
• Digging into Peter Ackroyd's biography of London to prep for my trip next week. Great city. Cinnamon Club here I come. -- John Carroll
• He's like the Peter Ackroyd of contemporary architecture -- Doilum
• Started reading Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd. I'm really excited about it, I'm a huge Chaplin fan. -- GundamFan4Life
• "It is the nature of humankind to idealize, to indulge in excessive praise as well as unjust condemnation." - Peter Ackroyd -- Emma Too™
• No Top Gear so I expect the producers of "Peter Ackroyd's Venice" on Sky Arts 2 are expecting record viewing figures. -- Keri
• Just finished Peter Ackroyd's Dan Leno & the Limehouse Golem. The twist in that novel is fantastic; one of the best crime stories I've read. -- Joshua Howe
• As I wait for my train, I read a book about suicide bombers in London... in 1399. Peter Ackroyd's 'Clerkenwell Tales'. It is terrific. -- Mike Stuchbery
• Tuesday's titbit: First English windmill built in 1185, according to Peter Ackroyd's History of England. -- Edward King
• Civilised end to the day - a dram of whisky and Peter Ackroyd's The Plato Papers. Bliss. -- Sara Crofts FRSA
• Peter Ackroyd on newspaper ed Charles Dickens "more concerned with the speed news was transmitted rather than content" - ahead of his time!! -- david kelly
• Peter Ackroyd - Shakespeare Una biografia [Epub Mobi Azw3 - Ita] by ritavi -- TntVillage
• Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else. Peter Ackroyd -- Devoted Diction
• "Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else." - Peter Ackroyd -- 45 Mercy Street
• Tackling one of those now: The Canterbury Tales. Specifically Peter Ackroyd's recent retelling. -- Andrew Welch
• no 18 Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd. Should have recorded it earlier but still trying to work out what on earth it was about -- CRobins
• Currently reading Poe: A Life Cut Short, by Peter Ackroyd. Poe was one negative Nelly. Great writer he was, though. Huge talent. -- Karol6ng
• The Black Prince of Florence by Catherine Fletcher London Under by Peter Ackroyd -- JanRalston
• Have been reading Peter Ackroyd's book on first 500 yrs of British history. It is easy to forget today how much hurt Church cause in past. -- Hannah Phillips
• "The city itself is a form of literature in which streets are the lines of a book that can never be completed": Peter Ackroyd -- Juan David Gutiérrez

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