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The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
$27.00 NZD
Category: World 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
$35.00 NZD
Category: World 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 Death of King Arthur by Peter Ackroyd
$30.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
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: Historical fiction
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
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace and spooks who just want to have fun. "The English Ghost" is a treasure trove of such sightings; comical and scary, like all the b ...Show more
The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time by Peter Ackroyd
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
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
$58.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
Published October 2006 '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 Chrysanth ...Show more
The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
$27.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
At the centre of this intriguing, irresistible novel are the young Lambs: Charles, constrained by the tedium of his work as a clerk at the East India Company, taking refuge in a drink or three too many while spreading his wings as a young writer, and his clever, adoring sister Mary, confined by domestic ...Show more
The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
$54.99 NZD
Category: World fiction
At the centre of this intriguing, irresistible novel are the young Lambs: Charles, constrained by the tedium of his work as a clerk at the East India Company, taking refuge in a drink or three too many while spreading his wings as a young writer, and his clever, adoring sister Mary, confined by domestic ...Show more
The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd
$32.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Pre-eminent as a courtier and a humanist, a friend to Henry VIII and the author of "Utopia", Thomas More is one of the great figures of England's history. This is a portrait of the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr, and of the social and cultural world in which he lived.
Tudors - The History of England: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: The\History of England Ser. | Reading Level: 16
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how t ...Show more