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English author (born 1949)
Peter Ackroyd CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London
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Ackroyd (1938–2024), English artist Peter Ackroyd (born 1949), English biographer, novelist and critic Peter Ackroyd (biblical scholar) (1917–2005), British
Ackroyd
Book by Peter Ackroyd
London Under is a 2012 book by British biographer, novelist, and critic Peter Ackroyd about the history of underground London. The book '...is an introduction
London_Under
1993 novel by Peter Ackroyd
The House of Doctor Dee is a 1993 novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd. The narrative alternates between two timelines, in the 1990s and the sixteenth
The_House_of_Doctor_Dee
British scholar and priest
Peter Runham Ackroyd (15 September 1917 – 23 January 2005) was a British Biblical scholar, Anglican priest, and former Congregational minister. From 1961
Peter Ackroyd (biblical scholar)
Peter_Ackroyd_(biblical_scholar)
1926 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The novel
The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd
British author and lecturer
It was described in the Times Literary Supplement as 'invigorating'. Peter Ackroyd described Beer's biography of Milton as "a persuasive reading of the
Anna_Beer
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
conflict between the two during the period of Blake's apprenticeship, but Peter Ackroyd's biography notes that Blake later added Basire's name to a list of artistic
William_Blake
1985 novel by Peter Ackroyd
Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd. It won Best Novel at the 1985 Whitbread Awards and the Guardian Fiction Prize. It tells the
Hawksmoor_(novel)
1859 novel by Charles Dickens
p. 462 Dickens 2003, p. 470 Dickens by Peter Ackroyd; Harper Collins, 1990, p. 777 Dickens by Peter Ackroyd; Harper Collins, 1990, p. 859 Dickens, Charles
A_Tale_of_Two_Cities
1858 pollution event in central London
that has grown to a population of over nine million. The historian Peter Ackroyd argues that Bazalgette should be considered a hero of London. Satirical
Great_Stink
1983 novel by Peter Ackroyd
Oscar Wilde is a 1983 novel by Peter Ackroyd. It takes the form of a fictional diary written by Oscar Wilde. Ackroyd's second novel, it won the 1984 Somerset
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
The_Last_Testament_of_Oscar_Wilde
2016 British film by Juan Carlos Medina
Medina from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. The film, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd's 1994 murder mystery novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, stars Olivia
The_Limehouse_Golem
1987 novel by Peter Ackroyd
Chatterton is a novel by Peter Ackroyd published on 1 January 1987 by Hamish Hamilton. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was commercially successful
Chatterton_(novel)
2000 book by Peter Ackroyd
London: The Biography is a 2000 non-fiction book by Peter Ackroyd published by Chatto & Windus. Ackroyd's work, following his previous work on London in one
London:_The_Biography
2004 TV series or program
series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd. The series made a visual trope of, as Ackroyd walked around London or was sitting in his study
London_(TV_series)
Novel by William Faulkner
Harold Bloom, Riverhead Trade, 1995. Peter Ackroyd. Foreword to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Peter Boxall (Editor). Universe Publishing,
As_I_Lay_Dying
Book by Peter Ackroyd
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree) is a 1994 novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd. It is a murder mystery framed within a story featuring real historical
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Dan_Leno_and_the_Limehouse_Golem
Book by Peter Ackroyd
The Clerkenwell Tales is a historical novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd, first published in 2003. The novel is set in the late 1390s. It focuses on
The_Clerkenwell_Tales
English actress (1839–1914)
However, biographer Peter Ackroyd asserts that it is "inconceivable" that theirs was "in any sense a 'consummated' affair". Ackroyd's strength of feeling
Ellen_Ternan
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
(Yale, 1962), pp. xvi, 199. Ackroyd (1999) p. 106. Ackroyd, however, regards the tale as "less than plausible". Krivatsy, Peter (1973). "Erasmus' Medical
Thomas_More
Literary reference book
critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall, Professor of English at Sussex University, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. Each title is accompanied by
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1001_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Die
1841 novel by Charles Dickens
of his less popular novels; British historian and Dickens biographer Peter Ackroyd has called it "one of Dickens's most neglected, but most rewarding,
Barnaby_Rudge
Fear of the number 13
cruise ship?". www.express.co.uk. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-09-30. Peter Ackroyd (2000). London: The Biography. Chatto & Windus. p. 207. ISBN 978-0385497701
Triskaidekaphobia
2017 book by Peter Ackroyd
Present Day is a 2017 book by British biographer, novelist and critic Peter Ackroyd. Queer City follows the history and experiences of the LGBT population
Queer_City
River in southern England
ISBN 9780300107869. Peter Ackroyd, "Thames: Sacred River" 272–273 Peter Ackroyd, Thames: The Biography. 272 & 274. Peter Ackroyd, "Thames: Sacred River"
River_Thames
English Patient. Five authors have won the award twice: Margaret Atwood Peter Carey J. M. Coetzee J. G. Farrell Hilary Mantel The following writers have
List of winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize
List_of_winners_and_nominated_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize
2002 British TV series or programme
docudrama on the life of the author Charles Dickens. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based, and Dickens was played
Dickens_(TV_series)
Eldest child of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway (1583–1649)
born "perilously close to the wrong side of marriage" as the historian Peter Ackroyd put it. She was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon along with her younger
Susanna_Hall
1992 book by Peter Ackroyd
English Music is the sixth novel by Peter Ackroyd. Published in 1992, it is both a bildungsroman and, in the words of critic John Barrell, "partly a series
English_Music_(novel)
by John Fowles (1985) Hawksmoor, by Peter Ackroyd (1985) Foe, by J. M. Coetzee (1986) Chatterton, by Peter Ackroyd (1987) Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette
Metahistorical_romance
Older son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible
Genesis 22:21–22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph Peter Ackroyd, Exile and Restoration: A Study in Hebrew Thought of the Sixth Century
Esau
American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
eminence". After Murdoch died, Bloom expressed admiration for the novelists Peter Ackroyd, Will Self, John Banville, and A. S. Byatt. In Genius: A Mosaic of One
Harold_Bloom
British actor (born 1949)
several times: in a one-man show, The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd; in the films Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale, and Christmas
Simon_Callow
Coming of age literary genre
Murakami (1987) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988) English Music by Peter Ackroyd (1992) The Crow Road by Iain Banks (1992) Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Bildungsroman
Church in Warwickshire, England
the chancel owing to his position as a "lay rector" of the church; as Peter Ackroyd explains, this was due to his leasing of tithes from the church. This
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon
Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity,_Stratford-upon-Avon
British director, writer, and actor (1935–2013)
2000, he directed Simon Callow in The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, followed by a tour that culminated in Australia and Broadway (the 2012
Patrick_Garland
Tidal island in northeast England
many of the monks were killed, or captured and enslaved. Biographer Peter Ackroyd suggests: "The monasteries of Lindisfarne and Jarrow were not attacked
Lindisfarne
American editor and publisher
Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd. Nan Irene Ahearn was born in 1933 to Thomas J. and Suzanne Ahearn of
Nan_A._Talese
Food-producing method
sacrifice. Tracy (2017-06-27). "Baked with love". Retrieved 2024-05-03. Peter Ackroyd (2003). London: the biography (1st Anchor Books ed.). New York: Anchor
Baking
Fictional character in A Christmas Carol
" There are literary precursors for Scrooge in Dickens's own works. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens's biographer, sees similarities between Scrooge and the title
Ebenezer_Scrooge
Topics referred to by the same term
"Ouch!", a 1963 song by Ricky Allen Ouch!, a 1971 poetry collection by Peter Ackroyd Ouch! (gum), a brand of bubble gum from Hubba Bubba OUCH is the reporting
Ouch
American actor (born 1940)
David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another World. On May
David_Ackroyd
Family
Dickens Fellowship. Archived January 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Peter Ackroyd 'Dickens' Published by Sinclair-Stevenson (1990) pg 266 'Eulogy for
Dickens_family
District in London, England
original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2010. Clive Boursnell; Peter Ackroyd (2008). Covent Garden: The Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Markets. Frances
Covent_Garden
1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
0032. JSTOR 43485973. S2CID 162352846. "The Death of King Arthur by Peter Ackroyd – review". The Guardian. 23 June 2011. "Le morte D'Arthur by Chris Crawford
Le_Morte_d'Arthur
1990 nonfiction book by Mike Davis
of Los Angeles from the mythical debris of its past and future", and Peter Ackroyd, writing in The Times of London, called the book "A history as fascinating
City_of_Quartz
1936 poem written by T. S. Eliot
bound by time in their images, to escape from the problems of language. Peter Ackroyd believes that it is impossible to paraphrase the content of the poem;
Burnt_Norton
Historic landmark in the City of London
The first may have been inspired by the fictionalised John Dee of Peter Ackroyd's 1993 novel The House of Doctor Dee (see In literature below). So familiar
London_Stone
Daughter of Charles Dickens
for five. Andersen described Mary as resembling her mother. Author Peter Ackroyd described her as being "amiable, somewhat sentimental, but high-spirited
Mary_Dickens
Infant daughter of Charles Dickens
ISBN 0-19-812617-4 Peter Ackroyd 'Dickens' Published by Sinclair-Stevenson (1990) pg 605 Mary Dickens, Cornhill Magazine January 1885 Ackroyd, pg 627 'The Life
Dora_Annie_Dickens
Square in London, England
at the corner of Bryanston-st. — Dickens Dictionary of London, 1889 Peter Ackroyd recites a list of anecdotes and archaeological finds supportive of pre-18th
Connaught_Square
Historical development of London
Walter George Bell, The Great Plague in London (Bracken Books, 1995). Peter Ackroyd, The great fire of London (U of Chicago Press, 1988) Thomas Fiddian
History_of_London
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad
most appropriate I can find, and somewhat elucidative." Biographer Peter Ackroyd suggested that the passage inspired or at least anticipated the central
Heart_of_Darkness
Overview of the art of England
The Spirit of Britain: A narrative history of the arts) and critic Peter Ackroyd (in his 2002 book Albion). The earliest English art – also Europe's
English_art
Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965)
Steiner as exemplars of such a direction. One of Eliot's biographers, Peter Ackroyd, commented that "the purposes of [Eliot's conversion] were two-fold
T._S._Eliot
Creative view of the built environment that emphasizes playfulness and dérive
used in discussion of successful writers such as Iain Sinclair and Peter Ackroyd. Sinclair is '[a]rguably the most high-profile British psychogeographer'
Psychogeography
Prophet in the Abrahamic religions
JSTOR 3262666. Eissfeldt, Otto (1965). The Old Testament: An Introduction. Peter Ackroyd, trans. Oxford: Blackwell. Gottwald, Norman K. (1985). The Hebrew Bible:
Ezekiel
English writer and journalist (born 1961)
March 2012. Green, Andrew (September 2013). "London in space and time: Peter Ackroyd and Will Self". English Teaching: Practice and Critique. 12 (2). Archived
Will_Self
1843 novella by Charles Dickens
" There are literary precursors for Scrooge in Dickens's own works. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens's biographer, sees similarities between the character and the
A_Christmas_Carol
1908 children's novel by Kenneth Grahame
January 2007 by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Peter Ackroyd, in his book Thames: Sacred River, asserts that "Quarry Wood, bordering
The_Wind_in_the_Willows
English Renaissance composer (died 1585)
successive monarchs, although he remained, in the words of the historian Peter Ackroyd, an "unreformed Roman Catholic". Tallis was capable of switching the
Thomas_Tallis
District in Tower Hamlets, London
the setting of the novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1995) by Peter Ackroyd, a fictionalized account of the notorious 'Limehouse Golem' serial murders
Limehouse
Biblical figure; governor of the Achaemenid province of Yehud
messianic or Messiah used to describe Zerubbabel's role". According to Peter Ackroyd, Zerubbabel was "'a royal representative of God'". Both historians'
Zerubbabel
the Lubienski-Bodenhams. Among others in this group are Paul Johnson; Peter Ackroyd; Antonia Fraser; Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC; Michael
Catholic Church in England and Wales
Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales
British writer
ruthless in its irony as Swift's" and "as warm and tender as Sterne's". Peter Ackroyd describes Douglas's London Street Games as "a vivid memorial to the
Norman_Douglas
1922 poem by T. S. Eliot
82. Ackroyd 1984, pp. 96–99. Ackroyd 1984, p. 55. Ackroyd 1984, p. 73. Ackroyd 1984, p. 79. Ackroyd 1984, pp. 91–92. Ackroyd 1984, p. 99. Ackroyd 1984
The_Waste_Land
Human settlement in England
Queen Charlotte's Hospital see Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. Peter Ackroyd, writer, lived in East Acton. Roger Daltrey, lead vocalist of The Who
East_Acton
Officer in the Royal Navy, child of Charles Dickens
by William Heinemann Ltd (1934) p 11 Peter Ackroyd 'Dickens' Published by Sinclair-Stevenson (1990) p. 604 Ackroyd, p. 878 "Image details—Dickens, Sydney
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
Sydney_Smith_Haldimand_Dickens
Portrait claimed to be of William Shakespeare
painting, made on a board of English oak. While Shakespeare scholar Peter Ackroyd and some other experts suggest that it is a portrait of the young William
Grafton_portrait
Father of playwright William Shakespeare (1520–1601)
Chapel". intarch.ac.uk. Internet Archeology. Retrieved 2 January 2019. Ackroyd, Peter (2005). Shakespeare: the Biography. London: Chatto and Windus. p. 29
John_Shakespeare
1974 novel by Robert C. O'Brien
compulsion to take control. Writing for The Spectator in April 1975, Peter Ackroyd concludes that "science turns paradise sour." Reviews the same year
Z_for_Zachariah
Town in Greater London, England
Island Discs, Peter Ackroyd, BBC Radio 4". BBC. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013. Peatfield, Susan (2022). Angels in Ealing. London: St Peter's Church Ealing
Acton,_London
Surname list
Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician; brother of Peter Harold Ackroyd VC MC (1877–1917), soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross James
Aykroyd
Representation of a small human being, common in alchemy and fiction
War industrial-military complexes of the Soviet Union and NATO. In Peter Ackroyd's 1993 novel The House of Doctor Dee, the alchemist John Dee attempts
Homunculus
1854 essay by Thomas de Quincey
the Volcano), Vladimir Nabokov (Despair), Iain Sinclair (Lud Heat), Peter Ackroyd (Hawksmoor), and Philip Kerr (A Philosophical Investigation). Edgar
On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts
On_Murder_Considered_as_one_of_the_Fine_Arts
English writer (1764–1847)
as the central character in The Lambs of London (2004), a novel by Peter Ackroyd. She is also the subject of a 2004 biographical study by British writer
Mary_Lamb
Church in Bedfordshire, England
the Evangelical Alliance and its Vicar is The Reverend Canon Doctor Peter Ackroyd. Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire "Church of St Mary, Wootton"
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wootton, Bedfordshire
Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Wootton,_Bedfordshire
Political controversy in England (1558–1603)
texts, c.1587–1603. Astræa Texts. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-2-84269-566-8. Peter Ackroyd (13 September 2012). Tudors: The History of England. Pan Macmillan.
Succession_to_Elizabeth_I
1841 novel by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens – Preface to The Old Curiosity Shop, 1848 Cheap Edition Peter Ackroyd 'Dickens' Published by Sinclair-Stevenson (1990) pg 266 Marcia Muelder
The_Old_Curiosity_Shop
College of the University of Cambridge
recipient Aitzaz Ahsan, Pakistani politician Andy Hamilton, comedian Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar Michael Apted, TV and film director and producer Mike
Downing_College,_Cambridge
Blues (1992) by Semezdin Mehmedinović The House of Doctor Dee (1993) by Peter Ackroyd Roman (1994) by Vladimir Sorokin The Island of the Day Before (1994)
List_of_postmodern_novels
Building in Central London, England
(1113172)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015. Peter Ackroyd, London: The Biography, Chatto & Windus, London, 2000. ISBN 1-85619-716-6
Centre_Point
Former annual literary awards
the 2021 awards being the last ones made. Just one month later, the Blue Peter Book Award was also discontinued; this left only three widely recognized
Costa_Book_Awards
English astronomer, mathematician and physicist (1656–1742)
Research Starters | EBSCOhost". EBSCO. Retrieved 9 September 2026. Peter Ackroyd. Newton. Great Britain: Chatto and Windus, 2006. Sagan & Druyan 1997
Edmond_Halley
British journalist and politician (born 1949)
with interesting people." It was at the university that he befriended Peter Ackroyd. Parris was offered a job as an MI6 officer, but instead worked for
Matthew_Parris
Woman who sells fish, or is loud and foul-mouthed
of Word Origins, Oxford University Press, p. 209, ISBN 9780199683635 Peter Ackroyd (2003). London: The Biography. Anchor. p. 331. ISBN 0-385-49771-7. McCreery
Fishwife
Central business district of London, England
The Archaeology of London series (1990). London: The Biography, 2000, Peter Ackroyd, p. 33–35 "William the Conqueror's 1067 Charter on rare display in City
City_of_London
Topics referred to by the same term
1997 novel by Rachel Cusk Country Life, a 1978 poetry collection by Peter Ackroyd Country Life (Roxy Music album), 1974 Country Life (Show of Hands album)
Country_Life
Category:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge. Desmond Ackner, Baron Ackner Peter Ackroyd Susan Alcock Sir Alex Allan Anthony Appiah Sir David Attenborough Sir
List of honorary fellows of Clare College, Cambridge
List_of_honorary_fellows_of_Clare_College,_Cambridge
Church in City of London, England
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1139500159. Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor, Hamish Hamilton, 1985 ' Betjeman, John (1967). The City
St_Mary_Woolnoth
Topics referred to by the same term
Light, a 1987 novel by Charles Baxter First Light, a 1989 novel by Peter Ackroyd First Light (Easy Star All-Stars album) or the title song, 2011 First
First_Light
Area in London, England
surrounding fields and marshes separating contagion from nearby London. Peter Ackroyd argues that the character of vagrancy has never left the area. A village
St_Giles,_London
Literature society in London
Oxford. Archived 11 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. "Our People | Peter Kemp". Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Archived from the original
Royal_Society_of_Literature
Murders during 1811 in London, England
with a supernatural element) in KJ Charles’s Magpie Lord series; in Peter Ackroyd's Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem as a motivation of the murderer; in
Ratcliff_Highway_murders
Canadian and American actor and musician (born 1952)
Retrieved May 30, 2018. Hill and Weingrad p. 143 Ware, Grahame (2010). "Ackroyd explains the origins of the Bass-O-Matic sketch on SNL". Food Channel.
Dan_Aykroyd
British media executive (born 1957)
2019). The Glossy Years. Penguin Fig Tree. p. 368. ISBN 9780241342879. "Peter Ackroyd MBE to succeed Campaign for Wool chairman Sir Nicholas Coleridge CBE"
Nicholas_Coleridge
Poems by T. S. Eliot
a more secular appreciation, one of Eliot's biographers, the critic Peter Ackroyd, has stated that "the most striking characteristic of The Four Quartets
Four_Quartets
1957 single by Richard Berry
only piece of pop music I can remember from my youth", British writer Peter Ackroyd selected the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie", along with works by Beethoven
Louie_Louie
English historian (born 1945)
experiment. It was an approach soon taken up by such historical writers as Peter Ackroyd, David Taylor, and Richard Holmes. Schama's next book, Landscape and
Simon_Schama
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