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Thames - Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd
24.99 NZD
75.00 (66% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"Thames: Sacred River" is about the river from source to sea. It covers history from prehistoric times to the present, the flora and fauna of the river, paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames, its geology, smells and colours, its literature, laws and landscape, its magic and myths, its archite ...Show more
The Beginning by Peter Ackroyd
39.95 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Voyages Through Time S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
Fire. Explosions. Meteorites. Chaos. Early life on Earth included all manner of freakish, alien creatures until the arrival of the big-brained Homo sapiens. Peter Ackroyd explains the beginnings of the Earth in this book which is part of his epic ten-volume history of the world for children.
The Canterbury Tales: Retelling by Peter Ackroyd by Peter Ackroyd
31.00 NZD
32.99 (6% off)
Category: Classic Books
"The Canterbury Tales" is a major part of England's literary heritage. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorica ...Show more
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
"It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. We arrived at our college on the same day; confusing to a mere foreigner, it is called University College. I had seen him from my window and had been struck by his auburn locks." The long-haired poet - 'Mad Shelley' - and the serious-minded student from Switzer ...Show more
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. We arrived at our college on the same day; confusing to a mere foreigner, it is called University College. I had seen him from my window and had been struck by his auburn locks'. The long-haired poet - 'Mad Shelley' - and the serious-minded student from Switzer ...Show more
The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd
24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
The scene is London, in 1399. It is the last year of the fourteenth century, and there is talk of an apocalypse. Richard II is on the throne, yet strange signs and portents are troubling the latter part of his reign. By the side of the River Fleet in Clerkenwell the people are restless, disenchanted wit ...Show more
The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd
54.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
'I am sister to the day and night. I am sister to the woods.' Sister Clarisse, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. She dreams of the English King. Are her prophesies the babblings of the crazed? Or can she 'see' a future in which Henry Bolingbroke overthrows Richard II? Th ...Show more
The Collection: Journalism, Reviews, Essays, Short Stories, Lectures by Peter Ackroyd
44.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good
During the 1970s and 1980s, Ackroyd wrote numerous book reviews and articles for the
The Death of King Arthur by Peter Ackroyd
30.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy
This is an immortal story of chivalry, treachery and death told anew for our times. The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenevere, the quest for the ...Show more
The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend by Peter Ackroyd
60.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy
This is an immortal story of chivalry, treachery and death brought to new life for our times. The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenevere, and the q ...Show more
The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time by Peter Ackroyd
39.99 NZD
Category: History
The English, Peter Ackroyd tells us in this fascinating collection, see more ghosts than any other nation. Each region has its own particular spirits, from the Celtic ghosts of Cornwall to the dobies and boggarts of the north. Some speak and some are silent, some smell of old leather, others of fragrant ...Show more
The Fall of Troy by Peter Ackroyd
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'I cannot wait to bring you to the plain of Troy. To show you the place where Hector and Achilles fought. To show you the palace of Priam. And the walls where the Trojan women watched their warriors in battle with the invader. It will stir your blood, Sophia.' Sophia Chrysanthis is only 16 when the Germ ...Show more