wyszukanych pozycji: 56
The Life of Thomas More
ISBN: 9780385496933 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy thatgave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint.
Born into the professional classes, Thomas More applied his formidable intellect and well-placed connections to become the most powerful man in England, second only to the king. As much a work of history as a biography, The Life of... Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of hist...
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95,63 zł |
Wilkie Collins
ISBN: 9780099287476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Ackroyd at his best -- gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White.
Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life' Wilkie Collins looked distinctily strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women -- and avidly read by generations of readers. Ackroyd follows his hero, 'the... Ackroyd at his best -- gripping short life of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White. |
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52,17 zł |
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
ISBN: 9780307473776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A New York Times Notable Book and From the incomparable Peter Ackroyd: a brilliant re-imagination of the classic tale that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries. A New York Times Notable Book and From the incomparable Peter Ackroyd: a bri... |
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86,94 zł |
The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
ISBN: 9781789146998 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
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104,42 zł |
The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd
ISBN: 9780141442297 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 'The Canterbury Tales', Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. Peter Ackroyd's fresh, modern retelling infuses 'The Canterbury Tales' with new and vigorous life.
In 'The Canterbury Tales', Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral alle...
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52,17 zł |
Mr Cadmus
ISBN: 9781786898975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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54,30 zł |
Clerkenwell Tales
ISBN: 9780749386306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Sister Clarice, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. This novel begins with The Nun's Tale, and continues with the The Friar's Tale, The Merchant's Tale and The Clerk's Tale, building a portrait of medieval London, where people are disenchanted by the Church.
Sister Clarice, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. This novel begins with The Nun's Tale, and continues with the The F...
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55,07 zł |
Dickens: Abridged
ISBN: 9780099437093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "Dickens" was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. It is published to tie-in with a 3-part BBC-TV series on Dickens with Peter Ackroyd, part drama (based on Ackroyd's Simon Callow play), part documentary, part biography.
"Dickens" was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the wo...
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88,71 zł |
Colours of London: A History
ISBN: 9780711269422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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130,53 zł |
The Plato Papers
ISBN: 9780385497695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the imagination of one of the most brilliant writers of our time and bestselling author of The Life of Thomas More, a novel that playfully imagines how the -modern- era might appear to a thinker seventeen centuries hence.
At the turn of the 38th century, London's greatest orator, Plato, is known for his lectures on the long, tumultuous history of his now tranquil city. Plato focuses on the obscure and confusing era that began in A.D. 1500, the Age of Mouldwarp. His subjects include Sigmund Freud's comic masterpiece -Jokes and Their Relation to the Subconscious, - and Charles... From the imagination of one of the most brilliant writers of our time and bestselling author of The Life of Thomas More, a novel that playfully...
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69,55 zł |
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
ISBN: 9780749396596 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As Elizabeth Cree sits every day in a courtroom, on trial for the murder of her husband, the story moves from courthouse to music hall to the back alleys of Limehouse, the notorious district of Victorian London, teeming with the poorest of the poor, the most violent of criminals and helpless preyed upon immigrants, following the trail of slaughter laid by the Golem, an almost mythical predecessor of Jack the Ripper.
Fact and fiction blend effortlessly as Dan Leno, king of the music-hall comedians is dragged unwittingly into the investigation of one of London s most notorious murders. When... As Elizabeth Cree sits every day in a courtroom, on trial for the murder of her husband, the story moves from courthouse to music hall to the back all...
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55,07 zł |
The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend
ISBN: 9780140455656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An immortal story of love, adventure, 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 Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail.
An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death brought to new life for our times. The legend of King Arthur has retained its appe...
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55,07 zł |
Mr Cadmus
ISBN: 9781786898944 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A wickedly satirical novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author
A wickedly satirical novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author
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62,65 zł |
The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
ISBN: 9781789148398 / Miękka / 2024 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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57,39 zł |
Charlie Chaplin
ISBN: 9780099287568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A fresh look at Chaplin from the masterful Peter Ackroyd.
He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. Everything is here, from the glamour of his golden age to the murky scandals of the... A fresh look at Chaplin from the masterful Peter Ackroyd.
He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognis... |
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71,61 zł |
Fiktivní deník Oscara Wildea
ISBN: 9788090374805 / Czeski / 2006 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Současný britský spisovatel Peter Ackroyd (*1949) se inspiroval životním příběhem Oscara Wilda (1854-1900) a ve formě fiktivní autobiografie napsal Wildeův životopis, jehož mottem by mohl být Wildeův proslulý výrok Odolám všemu s výjimkou pokušení!. Oscar Wilde si deník píše v pařížském hotelu d´Alsace během několika posledních měsíců života. Deníkové zápisy zahrnují dobu od 9. srpna do 30. listopadu 1900. Wilde tu přehlíží celý svůj život, přemýšlí o svém díle, jež mělo tak oslnivý úspěch, i o vztazích k mužům, jež ho dovedly...
Současný britský spisovatel Peter Ackroyd (*1949) se inspiroval životním příběhem Oscara Wilda (1854-1900) a ve formě fiktivní autobiografie...
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62,37 zł |
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
ISBN: 9780701182953 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Peter Ackroyd's imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characters in the novel.
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 Switzerland spark each other's interest in the new philosophy of science which is overturning long-cherished beliefs. Perhaps... Peter Ackroyd's imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characte...
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93,66 zł |
Shakespeare: The Biography
ISBN: 9780749386559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Peter Ackroyd s marvelous biography is a living attempt to reach into the heart of Shakespeare. He creates an intimate and immediate connection with his subject so that the book reads like the work of a contemporary, meeting Shakespeare on his own ground. Written with intuition and imagination unique to Peter Ackroyd, this is a book by a writer about a writer, and a fascinating and detailed depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited."
Peter Ackroyd s marvelous biography is a living attempt to reach into the heart of Shakespeare. He creates an intimate and immediate connection with h...
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93,66 zł |
London: The Concise Biography
ISBN: 9780099570387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London, published to coincide with the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcast, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey -- historical, geographical and imaginative -- through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exuberant guide to times of plague and pestilence, fire and floods, crime and punishment, and sex and theatre. He brings the ever changing streets alive for the reader and shows us what lies beneath our feet and above...
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London, published to coincide with the London Olympics and the Diamond Jub...
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110,25 zł |
Innovation: The History of England Volume VI
ISBN: 9781250861139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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95,59 zł |