Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
'There is no Light without Darknesse and no Substance without Shaddowe.' So proclaims Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren and man with a commission to build seven London churches to stand as beacons of the enlightenment. But Dyer plans to conceal a dark secret at the heart of each church.
Extraordinary, amazing, vivid, convincing[Ackroyd's] view of life questions the role not just of the novel but of art and history, memory, time and much else * Financial Times *
Grips the imagination like an obsession * Guardian *
Chillingly brilliant . . . sinister and stunningly well executed * Independent on Sunday *
Grips the imagination like an obsession * Guardian *
Chillingly brilliant . . . sinister and stunningly well executed * Independent on Sunday *
Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949. A novelist, biographer and historian, he has been the literary editor of The Spectator and chief book reviewer for the The Times, as well as writing several highly acclaimed books including a biography of Dickens and London: The Biography. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241965481 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241965489 |
| Title | Hawksmoor |
| Author | Peter Ackroyd |
| Series | Penguin Street Art |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1985 |
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