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Chaucer ( Brief Lives - Volume 1 ) by Peter Ackroyd
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Category: Classics | Series: Brief Lives S.
Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rap ...Show more
Civil War - The History of England Volume 3 by Peter Ackroyd
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, 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 ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The St ...Show more
Dominion - A History of England Volume V by Peter Ackroyd
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it, Ackroyd takes us from t ...Show more
Foundation - The History of England: Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
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Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The first volume in a new six-part history of England from acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd. 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 ...Show more
Kingdom of the Dead by Peter Ackroyd
$7.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
From Mummys to monuments, Pharaohs to pyramids - enter the Kingdom of the Dead. The original empire, Egypt, was a land of wealth and wonder, assassinations and palace intrigue. Uncovering the secrets of this ancient land, this book brings to life the wonder of the Ancient Egyptians - it's history.
Mr Cadmus by Peter Ackroyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Miss Finch and Miss Swallow, cousins, have put their pasts behind them and settled into conventional country life. But when a mysterious foreigner, Theodore Cadmus - from Caldera, a Mediterranean island nobody has heard of - moves into the middle cottage, the safe monotony of their lives is shattered. ...Show more
Newton by Peter Ackroyd
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Brief Lives
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: "I was in the prime of age for invention." Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, ...Show more
Revolution: The History of England (Volume IV) by Peter Ackroyd
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England
The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the ...Show more
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