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Hawksmoor
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor was first published in 1985. Alternating between the eighteenth century, when Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Christopher Wren, builds seven London churches that house a terrible secret, and the 1980s, when London detective Nicholas Hawksmoor is investigating a series of gruesome murders on the sight of certain old churches, Hawksmoor is a brilliant tale of darkness and shadow.
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London as a place of darkness and enlightenment
- By Kaggy on 26-01-18
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Hawksmoor
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-11-10
- Language: English
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Tales of London: Hawksmoor and Others
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramas
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Adjoa Andoh, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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A superb collection of dramas guaranteed to thrill and entertain from best-selling author Peter Ackroyd. Set in the heart of London, these star-studded adaptations feature parallel investigations into killings across two centuries, black magic, haunted houses, holy ghosts and a stunning performance by Simon Callow as the magnificent Charles Dickens. Novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd has cemented his place at the heart of the culture and history of London. This fantastic collection is full of vitality from a world-class author and stellar cast.
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Mystifying- for all the wrong reasons
- By Amazon Customer on 03-08-24
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Tales of London: Hawksmoor and Others
- Four BBC Radio 4 Dramas
- Narrated by: Philip Jackson, Norman Rodway, Adjoa Andoh, Jamie Foreman, Peter Marinker, Philip Glenister, Nigel Anthony, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Simon Callow, Miranda Foster, Anthony Ofoegbu, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-01-24
- Language: English
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 1: The Mirror of History
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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The Thames has been a highway, a frontier, and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere and stories. Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, best-selling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries.
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 1: The Mirror of History
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Foundations
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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Get under the skin of a city
- By Nigel on 03-05-06
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London
- The Biography, Foundations
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Fire and Pestilence
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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Sweet but short titles should be combined.
- By Abbas on 05-07-20
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London
- The Biography, Fire and Pestilence
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 12-09-05
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Street Life and the People
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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Why is this so short?
- By E. Walker on 05-10-19
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London
- The Biography, Street Life and the People
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Districts and Suburbs
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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London
- By c gardiner on 14-04-18
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London
- The Biography, Districts and Suburbs
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London, Volume I
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.
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Masterly Written and Performed
- By Soranus on 20-07-15
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London, Volume I
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-09-05
- Language: English
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Chatterton
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Poet, forger, and genius, Thomas Chatterton died in 1770, aged 18. His death was thought to be suicide: But what really happened? Two hundred years later, Charles Wychwood and Harriet Scrope become obsessed with decoding the clues in an 18th-century manuscript. Their investigation raises some intriguing questions....
A century before, as 19th-century artist Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room, he, too, becomes fascinated by the mystery. Then Chatterton himself steps forward, with his own story....
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Wonderful!
- By Peter on 06-12-15
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Chatterton
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 06-12-12
- Language: English
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 2: The Working River
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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The Thames has been a highway, a frontier, and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water, and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere, and stories. Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, best-selling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries.
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hooked...
- By Debbie on 11-04-21
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 2: The Working River
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Simon Prebble, Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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If your tastes run to Victorian mysteries and murder, you’ll enjoy Peter Ackroyd’s special blending of fact and fiction in this magnificent recreation of the bizarre murders that rocked Victorian England. Drawing on surviving police records and court transcripts, Ackroyd paints a fascinating portrait of a savage murderer, the terror that rippled across London, and the innocent woman charged with the crimes.
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
- By mr eric hughes on 01-10-17
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Simon Prebble, Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 29-11-11
- Language: English
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 3: Shadows and Depths
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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The Thames has been a highway, a frontier, and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water, and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere, and stories. Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, best-selling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries.
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amazing! a great description of a great river!
- By Carlos M. Saavedra on 05-01-19
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 3: Shadows and Depths
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, The Upstart Crow: Ambitious Actor and Poet, Volume II
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.
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Slow down dude
- By Ms A Raney on 11-08-23
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, The Upstart Crow: Ambitious Actor and Poet, Volume II
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-09-05
- Language: English
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Three Brothers
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel and Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. Marked out from the start by curious coincidence, each boy is forced to make his own way in the world – a world of dodgy deals and big business, of criminal gangs and crooked landlords, of newspaper magnates, back-biters and petty thieves. London is the backdrop and the connecting fabric of these three lives, reinforcing Ackroyd’s grand theme that place and history create, surround and engulf us.
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An intriguing and original story
- By Karen on 04-02-14
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Three Brothers
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-10-13
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, A Muse of Fire: Successful Playwright and Businessman, Volume III
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, A Muse of Fire: Successful Playwright and Businessman, Volume III
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 26-09-05
- Language: English
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.
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Loved It
- By Sue on 22-07-07
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Series: A Hercule Poirot Mystery, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-08-06
- Language: English
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The Fall of Troy
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Sophia Chrysanthis is in her 20s when the celebrated German archaeologist, Herr Obermann, seeks her out; he wants a Greek bride who is able to read Homer. Sophia passes his test, and soon she is tying canvas sacking to her legs so that she can kneel on the hard ground in the trench. Obermann is very good in the art of archaeology - perhaps too good. Obsessive and intuitive, he is a romantic visionary.
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The Fall of Troy
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-08-07
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, The Onlie Begetter: Literary Stardom and Royal Patronage, Volume IV
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
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Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare's life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century London and Stratford as he uncovers the intimate circumstances of Shakespeare's life.
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love it !
- By Paul Stubbs on 01-04-22
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Shakespeare
- The Biography, The Onlie Begetter: Literary Stardom and Royal Patronage, Volume IV
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 26-09-05
- Language: English
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Mr Cadmus
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Two apparently harmless women reside in cottages one building apart in the idyllic English village of Little Camborne. 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. The fates of the two cousins and Mr Cadmus, and those of Little Camborne and Caldera, become inextricably enmeshed....
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Worth persevering with
- By silly shally on 12-01-21
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Mr Cadmus
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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