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THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORE; The Biography
by Ackroyd, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385477090
- ISBN 13
- 9780385477093
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1998. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. Photographs by & about Wm Shakespeare. 8vo (146 x 235mm), black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over apricot boards, profusely illustrated with pictorial title page plus many full-color & B&W glossy plates, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with an image of Shakespeare & The Globe, red endpapers, 464 pages. Weight: ~ 2lbs. EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTIBLE CONDITION! A major biography of William Shakespeare by brilliant Peter Ackroyd. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research.<br /> <br /> He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.--Wikipedia.
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd is a bestselling writer of both fiction and nonfiction. His most recent books include the biographies Dickens, Blake , and Thomas More and the novels The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, Milton in America , and The Plato Papers . He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award (jointly), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and The Guardian fiction prize. He lives in London.
Reviews
On Sep 21 2007, 8228 said:
remarkably researched work - giving substantial dimension to the life of Thomas More:
utterly riveting
thankyou Peter Ackroyd
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9492
- Title
- THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORE; The Biography
- Author
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Illustrator
- Photographs by & about Wm Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385477090
- ISBN 13
- 9780385477093
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese / Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- illustrated, dramatists, London, theater, poetry, drama, Queen Elizabeth, King James, photos, christian martyrs, torture,
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Borg Antiquarian
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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