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Foundation the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors

One of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of England. The first in an extraordinary six-volume history, "Foundation" takes the reader from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.

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Main Author: Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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Great Britain > History > To 1485.
Great Britain > History > Henry VII, 1485-1509.
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Summary:One of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of England. The first in an extraordinary six-volume history, "Foundation" takes the reader from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781250003614 (hardcover)
125000361X (hardcover)
Author Notes:Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949. He graduated from Cambridge University and was a Fellow at Yale (1971-1973). A critically acclaimed and versatile writer, Ackroyd began his career while at Yale, publishing two volumes of poetry. He continued writing poetry until he began delving into historical fiction with The Great Fire of London (1982).

A constant theme in Ackroyd's work is the blending of past, present, and future, often paralleling the two in his biographies and novels. Much of Ackroyd's work explores the lives of celebrated authors such as Dickens, Milton, Eliot, Blake, and More. Ackroyd's approach is unusual, injecting imagined material into traditional biographies. In The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983), his work takes on an autobiographical form in his account of Wilde's final years. He was widely praised for his believable imitation of Wilde's style. He was awarded the British Whitbread Award for biography in 1984 of T.S. Eliot, and the Whitbread Award for fiction in 1985 for his novel Hawksmoor.

Ackroyd currently lives in London and publishes one or two books a year. He still considers poetry to be his first love, seeing his novels as an extension of earlier poetic work.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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