Looking for books by Peter Ackroyd? See all books authored by Peter Ackroyd, including London: The Biography, and Foundation: A History of England Volume I, and more on www.doorway.ru · Foundation by Peter Ackroyd, Paperback (ISBN: ) Book 1 in the The History of England series. · Once again, Ackroyd (London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets, ) exhibits his magic touch with the written word, this time with the first in a six-volume history of www.doorway.ru first few thousand years of English history is understandably sparse. Written records amount to a few carvings, physical evidence is found in barrows or other burials, and myths passed down over .
Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today. --Daily Express (UK) In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the epic story of England itself. He takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in , of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15, years ago, to the death in of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 5 October ) 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, Charles Chaplin and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards.
In Foundation, Ackroyd takes us from Neolithic England, which we can only see in the most tantalizing glimpses - a stirrup found in a grave, some seeds at the bottom of a bowl - to the long period of Roman rule; from the Dark Ages when England was invaded by a ceaseless tide of Angles, Saxons and Jutes, to the twin glories of medieval England - its great churches and monasteries and its common law. With his extraordinary skill for evoking time and place, he tells the familiar story of king. The History of England Series. Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river the Thames, acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself in a landmark six-part history. Ackroyd is a cornerstone of Britain's literary landscape, with acclaimed novels, retellings of Chaucer and Mallory, and other major works of. Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding of England's history, now tells the epic story of England itself. In Foundation the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death of the first Tudor king, Henry VII, in He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: common law and the cathedrals.
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