Chaucer (Ackroyd's Brief Lives)
 A wonderfully concise biography...: ... and history of the late 14th century. Ackroyd is more than just an excellent writer and distiller of information. He is clearly well-versed in the significance of Chaucer's writings and impact upon English [... more]
$19.99
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The Plato Papers: A Prophecy
Amazon.com Review: In A.D. 3700, London's greatest orator, Plato, regularly delivers bravura public lectures on the long and tumultuous history of what is now a peaceful, tranquil city, secure in the certainty of its own relationship to the past. [... more]
$21.95
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The Lambs of London: A Novel
Monkeys on the Moon: "The Lambs of London" is a nifty little book that blends history and fiction with just a soupcon of mystery to make for a very satisfying read. In the last decade of the 18th century, William Henry Ireland really did [... more]
$23.00
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London: The Biography
alternately frustrating and interesting: This book is at times very interesting. At times it is a chore to wade through the attempts to link places and times throughout history. The author really reaches for connections through history as if making them [... more]
$45.00
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Voices From Dickens' London: First-Hand Accounts of Life ...
Captivating Guided Tour to 19th Century London by Charles Dickens & Co.!: London holds a fascination in peoples' minds matched by few other cities. Michael Paterson's book is a wonderful introduction to 19th Century London, a subject few books have [... more]
$24.99
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Alexander ...
Best portable complete Shakespeare collection: I needed to get a book of complete works of Shakespeare, and portability was of key importance. So I went to a theater bookstore where I compared several different collections, including ones by Arden, [... more]
$24.95
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Chaucer (Ackroyd's Brief Lives)
A wonderfully concise biography...: ... and history of the late 14th century. Ackroyd is more than just an excellent writer and distiller of information. He is clearly well-versed in the significance of Chaucer's writings and impact upon English [... more]
$24.99
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The Clerkenwell Tales
Rather a chore to read: I would only recommend this book to students of the 14th or 15th century. The plot is ponderous and the characters un-engaging. The atmosphere of the Middle Ages seems well drawn and is the best part of the book. After reading of [... more]
$13.95
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Albion: Origins of the English Imagination
An erudite scrapbook: Though I'm almost worryingly Anglophile, I did not find this an all too easy read. The book's structure is unclear - it seems to start out chronologically, but halfway through continues thematically. It is also rather fragmented, [... more]
$40.00
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Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination
An erudite scrapbook: Though I'm almost worryingly Anglophile, I did not find this an all too easy read. The book's structure is unclear - it seems to start out chronologically, but halfway through continues thematically. It is also rather fragmented, [... more]
$16.95
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Newton: Ackroyd's Brief Lives
A Brief, Essential Biography: Eventually humans understood that there were physical laws that governed the universe, and that these laws could be made mathematically precise and could be verified. No one person enabled this understanding more than Isaac [... more]
$21.95
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Dickens: Public Life & Private Passions
This will not do.: I read only the first 100 pages before abandoning this. Ackroyd writes in an irritating punchy style with many 1-word sentences to show emphasis. This aggressive style was offensive, and at time condescending. It also was distracting. [... more]
$24.95
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