PETER ACKROYD is the author of "London: The Biography," "Shakespeare: The Biography," "Thames: The Biography," and "Venice: Pure City"; acclaimed biographies of T. S. Eliot, Dickens, Blake, and Sir Thomas More; and several successful novels. He has won the Whitbread Book Award for Biography, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award, among others.
"There's plenty of marvelous information in the book about what
lies beneath London. . . . Ackroyd mines historical anecdotes to
great effect. . . . He is not just interested in London's hidden
relics; he's interested in what they--and the idea of an
underground--mean to a culture. London's underworld is a 'shadow or
replica of the city, ' and it is also a shadow of ourselves and our
thoughts, the stuff that's discovered when we open the
trapdoor."
--"The Daily Beast
"
"Eloquent and visceral."
--"Kirkus Reviews
"
Praise for "London: The Biography"
"Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of
one of the oldest and greatest . . . cities in the world."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anecdote ... a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."
--"The Chicago Tribune"
"Ackroyd writes in a wonderfully graphic style that carries the
reader through historical byways effortlessly."
--"The Denver Post"
"A tour de force by a writer of immense skill. . . . A treasure of
information and anecdote about one of the world's great cities, a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."
--"The Seattle Times
"
"Packed with strange delights and bizarre occurrences. . . .
Ackroyd is a writer of memorable, eccentrically rhythmic sentences
that one wants to quote at length."
--"Newsday "
"Eloquent and visceral."
--"Kirkus Reviews
"
Praise for "London: The Biography"
"Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of
one of the oldest and greatest . . . cities in the world."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anecdote ... a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."
--"The Chicago Tribune"
"Ackroyd writes in a wonderfully graphic style that carries the
reader through historical byways effortlessly."
--"The Denver Post"
"A tour de force by a writer of immense skill. . . . A treasure of
information and anecdote about one of the world's great cities, a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."
--"The Seattle Times
"
"Packed with strange delights and bizarre occurrences. . . .
Ackroyd is a writer of memorable, eccentrically rhythmic sentences
that one wants to quote at length."
--"Newsday "
PRAISE FOR "LONDON: THE BIOGRAPHY "
"Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of
one of the oldest and greatest cities in the world."" --New York
Times Book Review "
"A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anec-dote . . . a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."" --Chicago Tribune "
PRAISE FOR "LONDON: THE BIOGRAPHY "
"Magnificent. . . . Succeeds in animating on the page the life of
one of the oldest and greatest cities in the world."" --New York
Times Book Review "
"A wonderful book, a treasure of information and anec-dote . . . a
book to be taken up again and again for the pleasures that lie
within."" --Chicago Tribune "
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