If your tastes run to Victorian mysteries and murder, you'll enjoy Peter Ackroyd's special blending of fact and fiction in this magnificent recreation of the bizarre murders that rocked Victorian England. Drawing on surviving police records and court transcripts, Ackroyd paints a fascinating portrait of a savage murderer, the terror that rippled across London, and the innocent woman charged with the crimes.
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"Is Peter Ackroyd the best *London* writer? Probably. This book is an amazing tapestry of fact and fiction, weaving in and out of the mysterious Edwardian city streets." — Magid (5 out of 5 stars)
"Is Peter Ackroyd the best *London* writer? Probably. This book is an amazing tapestry of fact and fiction, weaving in and out of the mysterious Edwardian city streets."
" Nice mystery if you're in the mood. "
" my favoritest novel "
" Peter Ackroyd obviously knows his London history. The atmosphere in the book completely comes alive, but the mystery portion was so-so. "
" a good fun historic romp "
" This is a good historical novel but not for YA - this is adult. "
" Everything I've come to expect from this author -- insanely atmospheric and erudite. A complex web of characters and philosophies. A dense, enigmatic pleasure. "
" Expected to enjoy this much more than I did. Ackroyd is an expert on London - that shows in the text - but if the setting is wonderfully rendered, the characters are seen from a distance. Chilly, unabsorbing. "
" Based on a true story it seems of a lesser known serial killer in London of yore, this book follows an acting troop, and the goings on in the seedier part of town. "
" A novel based on the true events of the Limehouse Murders in Victorian England. "
" i enjoyed this book, captured the time period and music hall world really well. will look out for his other books now. "
" A bizarre mix of history and fiction takes creative license with creative processes, but ultimately successful as a story. "
" Peter Ackroyd's historical novels are always an amazing trip. "
" Very clever twist at the end. The only problem was that I had already guessed it! "
" Slightly overwritten (use of 10 words when 2 will do) but a very good story. Very atmospheric. Especially interesting to me for it's depiction of Victorian era Limehouse because it's where I live now. "
" Sorry, Professor Morrison, but this one was no good. But the other books on the syllabus were great! Does that make it better? "
Peter Ackroyd has written acclaimed biographies of T. S. Eliot, Dickens, Blake, and Sir Thomas More, as well as several successful novels. He has won the Whitbread Book Award for Biography, the Royal Society of Literature’s W. H. Heinemann Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the South Bank Show Award for Literature.
Jenny Sterlin, winner of several Earphones Awards, has more than ninety audio titles to her credit, including Laurie R. King’s popular Sherlock Holmes / Mary Russell series. Before beginning her narration career, she helped found England’s experimental Living Theatre.
Paul Hecht’s long career in audiobooks spans dozens of titles and authors as varied as Ray Bradbury and Gore Vidal, Jack Finney and Thomas Mann. He has recorded such books as Bob Dole’s One Soldier’s Story and Alexander McCall Smith’s Portuguese Irregular Verbs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances. Hecht’s theater career in New York includes many Broadway and television credits. He has won nine AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narrations.
Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.
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