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  • 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

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Canterbury Tales

    A Retelling

    by Peter Ackroyd, Geoffrey Chaucer ...
    Narrated by Ron Keith, Toby Leonard Moore, Colin McPhillamy, John Curless, John Keating, Graeme Malcolm, Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Bianca Amato ...
    Series series

    Unabridged

    16 hours 45 min

    Author Peter Ackroyd has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Whitbread Novel of the Year, and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of The Canterbury Tales follows a party of travelers as they tell stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • 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

    $17.99 CAD

  • 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

    $39.99 CAD

  • 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

    $29.59 CAD

  • 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 CAD

  • Thames

    The Biography

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • The Death of King Arthur

    The Immortal Legend (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Peter Ackroyd, Sir Thomas Malory ...
    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

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Canterbury Tales

    A Retelling

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer’s classicRenowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original.A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer’s Canterbury ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Queer City

    Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    ‘Droll, provocative and crammed to busting with startling facts’ Simon Callow, GuardianIn this powerful Sunday Times bestseller Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way – through the history and experiences of its gay 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 CAD

  • 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

    $36.89 CAD

  • The English Actor

    From Medieval to Modern

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    The English Actor, now in paperback, charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft, from the medieval period to the present day. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting – deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays – through the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance, to modern methods following the advent of film and ... Read more

    $36.89 CAD