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  • Audiobook

    Queer City

    Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Narrated by Will Watt ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 46 min

    In Queer City, the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way—through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman Londinium, the city was dotted with lupanaria (“wolf dens” or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels), and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks, and missionaries. And so began an ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundation

    The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 1 - The History of England
    The first book in Peter Ackroyd's history of England series, which has since been followed up with two more installments, Tudors and Rebellion.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, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Queer City

    Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    A history of the development of London as a European epicenter of queer life.In Queer City, the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way–through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman Londinium, the city was dotted with lupanaria ("wolf dens" or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels), and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 2 - The History of England
    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, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I.Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Life of Thomas More

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint.Born into the professional classes, Thomas More applied ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $11.99 USD

  • Auden

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Of all the English poets born in the twentieth century, Wystan Hugh Auden is by far the most significant. This forthright biography explores the evolution of his poetic voice in tandem with his shifting beliefs – Existentialism, Marxism, Freudianism and Anglo-Catholicism – reflecting the intellectual climate of the century. Rooted in English traditions, Auden’s work reveals both public and ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Venice

    Pure City

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The English Soul

    Faith of a Nation

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This fascinating new history argues that Christianity has been the anchoring and defining doctrine of England, while accepting respectfully that other ... Read more

    $14.79 USD

  • The Death of King Arthur

    The Immortal Legend (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation.The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $8.99 USD

  • Colors of London

    A History

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Celebrated novelist, biographer, and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity.Think of the colors of London and what do you imagine? The reds of open-top buses and terracotta bricks? The grey smog of Victorian industry, Portland stone, and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 3 - The History of England
    Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ending with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II.The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Clerkenwell Tales

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    From the foremost contemporary chronicler of London’s history, a suspenseful novel that ingeniously draws on Chaucer’s The Canterbury Talesto recreate the city’s 14th century religious and political intrigues. London, 1399. Sister Clarice, a nun born below Clerkenwell convent, is predicting the death of King Richard II and the demise of the Church. Her visions can be dismissed as madness, until ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $5.99 USD