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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Peter Ackroyd

Description: a.k.a. Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem

2006-02-17

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Peter Ackroyd

Description: The mystery of Chatterton is investigated by two Londoners, a young poet and an elderly femaleThe mystery of Chatterton is investigated by two Londoners, a young poet and an elderly female novelist, who find more riddles than answers from their search. At once hilarious, this entertaining comedy is a thoughtful exploration of the deepest issues of both life and art....

2006-02-17

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Peter Ackroyd

Description: From a master historian comes a brilliantly original historical novel set in late-14th centuryFrom a master historian comes a brilliantly original historical novel set in late-14th century London. 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?...

2006-02-17