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  1. Peter Ackroyd CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards.

    • British
    • 1976–present
    • Author, critic
  2. He also produced a variety of biography and fiction works in addition to literary fiction. He also got to be a book critic, television and radio broadcaster at some point. Ackroyd was honored with the CBE award in 2003. “Foundation” by Peter Ackroyd tells the epic history of the founding of England.

    • London: The Biography Peter Ackroyd.
    • Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1) Peter Ackroyd.
    • Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd.
    • Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (The History of England, #2) Peter Ackroyd.
  3. Peter Ackroyd, (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two ...

    • Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors. 4.04 · 4789 Ratings · 497 Reviews · published 2011 · 19 editions.
    • Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I. 4.05 · 3401 Ratings · 330 Reviews · published 2012 · 22 editions. Tudors: A History of England Volume II (History of…
    • Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution. 4.00 · 2207 Ratings · 247 Reviews · published 2014 · 17 editions.
    • Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo. 4.04 · 1024 Ratings · 106 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions.
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  5. The. Peter Ackroyd CBE is an English novelist and biographer with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. Peter Ackroyd's mother worked in the personnel department of an engineering firm, his father having left the family home when Ackroyd was a baby. He was reading newspapers by the age of 5 and, at 9, wrote a play about ...

  6. About the author. Peter Ackroyd, (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham ...

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