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London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd (Hardcover, 2000)

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Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. For him it is a living organism, with its own laws of growth and change, so London is a biography rather than a history. It differs from other histories, too, in the range and diversity of its contents. Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. There are chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. It is in other words a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar 'echoic' quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens. London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written, and confirms Ackroyd's status as what one critic has called 'our age's greatest London imagination.'

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781856197168
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91025736

Product Key Features

Author
Peter Ackroyd
Publication Name
London: the Biography
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
848 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
241mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
1260g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Peter Ackroyd
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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