Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four
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Having received a cryptic message ten years after her father's sudden disappearance, a young woman asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery
Peter Ackroyd is een gevierd Engels romanschrijver en biograaf wiens werk diep geworteld is in de geschiedenis en cultuur van Londen. Ackroyd verkent meesterlijk de "geest van de plaats" in zijn schrijven, vaak via de levens van kunstenaars en met name schrijvers, waarbij hij hun lot en werken verbindt met het bruisende hart van de stad. Zijn romans en biografieën, die zich vaak verdiepen in de complexe wisselwerking van tijd en ruimte, portretteren Londen als een levende entiteit waarvan de veranderende aard opmerkelijk consistent blijft. Ackroyds fascinatie voor de stad en haar literaire figuren creëert een rijk en boeiend portret van de Engelse metropool.







Having received a cryptic message ten years after her father's sudden disappearance, a young woman asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery
Puritan ministers viewed themselves as divine ambassadors, dedicated to preaching God's word and guiding their congregations through effective church practices and discipline. This compilation of St. Antholin's Lectures showcases the Puritans' teachings and methods, offering insights into their pastoral approach. Readers are encouraged to draw from their wisdom and apply these timeless principles in contemporary contexts.
This vivid historical and political novel by Dickens is centred on the infamous 'No Popery' riots, instigated by Lord George Gordon, which terrorised London in 1780. Dickens' targets are prejudice, intolerance, religious bigotry and nationalistic fervour, together with the villains who exploit these for selfish ends. His intense account of the riots is interwoven with the mysterious tale of a long-unsolved murder and with a romance involving forbidden love, treachery and heroism. Barnaby Rudge abounds in memorably strange, comic and grotesque characters. Furthermore, recent historical events have renewed its political topicality.
Dit hardcover boek is onderdeel van de TREDITION CLASSICS serie, die zich richt op het opnieuw beschikbaar maken van publieke domein boeken. De serie streeft ernaar om waardevolle literaire werken te behouden en wereldliteratuur toegankelijk te maken, omdat een goed boek nooit uit de mode raakt.
Relates the various activites and adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club.
The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.
Martin Chuzzlewit sets out for America where he intends to make his fortune. Dickens's novel is parodic and unsympathetic to those who do not suffer or who do not understand the suffering of others. The book is about selfishness and Martin's failures in America cure him of his selfishness.
Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen. Now, an ambassador in Costantinople, awakes to find that he is a woman.
In Colours of London Peter Ackroyd tells the history of London through the lens of colour - with specially commissioned colorised photographs from Dynamichrome that bring a lost London back to life.