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Peter Ackroyd
Born
in East Acton, London, The United Kingdom
October 05, 1949
Genre
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'Alfred Hitchcock was an overgrown schoolboy, with a schoolboy's obsession with sex': The director who used and abused his leading ladies
His marriage was sexless – ‘that’s why they call me the celibated director’. He slapped Joan Fontaine and left Grace Kelly covered in bruises. And he made a very indecent proposal to Tippi Hedren. A brilliant new book by Peter Ackroyd gets to the heart of Alfred Hitchcock’s cruelly controlling...
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London: The Biography
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2000
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66 editions
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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)
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2011
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30 editions
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Hawksmoor
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published
1985
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11 editions
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Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (The History of England, #2)
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published
2012
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24 editions
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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
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2011
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21 editions
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
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published
1994
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2 editions
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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (The History of England, #3)
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published
2014
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23 editions
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Shakespeare: The Biography
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published
2005
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15 editions
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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
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published
2009
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18 editions
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Dickens
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published
1990
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24 editions
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“And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside
a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted
to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in
for ever.”
― First Light
a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted
to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in
for ever.”
― First Light
“I have liv'd long enough for others, like the Dog in the Wheel, and it is now the Season to begin for myself: I cannot change that Thing call'd Time, but I can alter its Posture and, as Boys do turn a looking-glass against the Sunne, so I will dazzle you all.”
― Hawksmoor
― Hawksmoor
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