Peter Ackroyd

Broschiertes Buch

Revolution

The History of England Volume IV

Beschreibung

The fourth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's History of England series.

Autor

Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning novelist, as well as a broadcaster, biographer, poet and historian. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers, Thames: Sacred River and London: The Biography. He holds a CBE for services to literature and lives in London.

Produktdetails

• The History of England
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Pan
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781509811472
• ISBN-10: 1509811478
• Artikelnr.: 48075372

Rezensionen

Ackroyd is a fascinating mix of a 19th-century narrative historian and modern social analyst. Elements of thisbook seem very old-fashioned and formal - in a good way. Yet the author eschews the detached third person preferred by stuffy professionals, favouring instead a more intimate "you" that brings the reader into the dark alleys of industrial towns to sniff the urine, vomit and suppurating sores of industrial England. Those perfect sentences are scattered throughout. Gerard DeGroot The Times