Peter Ackroyd is a master of the historical novel: THE LAST TESTAMENT OF OSCAR WILDE won the Somerset Maugham Award; HAWKSMOOR was awarded both the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the Guardian Fiction Prize; and CHATTERTON was short-listed for the Booker Prize. His most recent historical novel is THE FALL OF TROY. He is also the author of LONDON: THE BIOGRAPHY, SHAKESPEARE: THE BIOGRAPHY, THAMES: THE BIOGRAPHY, and Ackroyd’s Brief Lives series.

Books by Peter Ackroyd

London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets

by Peter Ackroyd - History, Nonfiction

LONDON UNDER is a short and comprehensive study of everything that goes on underground in London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern tube stations. Spanning throughout history, Peter Ackroyd reveals stories and secrets of this hidden world.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

by Peter Ackroyd - Fiction, Thriller

Shakespeare: The Biography

by Peter Ackroyd - Biography, Nonfiction