Peter Ackroyd

The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This fascinating new history argues that Christianity has been the anchoring and defining doctrine of England, while accepting respectfully that other powerful and significant faiths have also influenced the religious sensibility of this nation. Peter Ackroyd surveys the lives and faith of the most important figures of English Christianity, from the Venerable Bede to C. S. Lewis, exploring the mysticism of Julian of Norwich and William Blake, the tumultuous years of the Reformation, the emergence of the English Bible, the evangelical tradition, including John Wesley, and the contemporary contest between tradition, revival and atheism. This is an essential, comprehensive and accessible survey of English Christianity.

The English Actor, now in paperback, charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft, from the medieval period to the present day. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting – deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays – through the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance, to modern methods following the advent of film and television. The biographies of the most notable and celebrated actors are explored, right up to the present day. Ackroyd gives us an original and superbly entertaining appraisal of how actors have acted, how audiences have responded and what we mean by the magic of the stage.

Istorija Anglii - eto nepreryvnoe dvizhenie i chereda postojannykh izmenenij. No vsju istoriju Anglii nachinaja s pervobytnosti pronizyvaet preemstvennost, tak chto glavnoe v nej - ne izmenenija, a postojanstvo. Do sikh por v Anglii chuvstvuetsja nerazryvnaja svjaz s proshlym, s traditsijami i obychajami. Do sikh por eta strana, kotoraja vsegda byla edinym tselym, soprotivljaetsja izmenenijam v ljubom aspekte zhizni. Piter Akrojd pokazyvaet istoki vekovoj neizmennosti Anglii, ee konservatizma i priverzhennosti proshlomu. V etoj knige osveschaetsja period pravlenija v Anglii dinastii Tjudorov. Eto istorija o razryve s Rimom, predprinjatom Genrikhom VIII, i neustannom stremlenii korolja k obreteniju idealnoj zheny i idealnogo naslednika. Istorija o tom, kak za kratkim pravleniem korolja-podrostka Eduarda VI posledovalo nasilstvennoe vozrozhdenie katolitsizma, tragicheskimi projavlenijami kotorogo stali kazni i raspravy, uchinennye Mariej I, prozvannoj Mariej Krovavoj, a takzhe o grandioznom pravlenii Elizavety I, v kontse kontsov prinesshem stabilnost, khot i otmechennom mezhdousobitsami, zagovorami protiv korolevy i masshtabnoj Anglo-ispanskoj vojnoj. No prezhde vsego eto istorija anglijskoj Reformatsii - kotoraja suschestvennym obrazom otlichalas ot Reformatsii v Evrope - i stanovlenija Anglikanskoj tserkvi, ved v nachale XVI veka Anglija vse esche ostavalas v znachitelnoj stepeni feodalnoj stranoj i chasto obraschalas k Rimu. V kontse XVI veka eto uzhe byla strana, gde spravedlivoe upravlenie bylo objazannostju gosudarstva, a ne tserkvi, i gde ljudi stali samostojatelno iskat otvety na zanimavshie ikh umy voprosy, perestav nadejatsja na tekh, kto stojal vo glave strany... Istoriko-literaturnyj trud blistatelnogo britanskogo avtora, snabzhennyj 43 tsvetnymi illjustratsijami, predstavit interes dlja shirokogo kruga chitatelej.

Istorija Anglii - eto nepreryvnoe dvizhenie i chereda postojannykh izmenenij. No vsju istoriju Anglii nachinaja s pervobytnosti pronizyvaet preemstvennost, tak chto glavnoe v nej - ne izmenenija, a postojanstvo. Do sikh por v Anglii chuvstvuetsja nerazryvnaja svjaz s proshlym, s traditsijami i obychajami. Do sikh por eta strana soprotivljaetsja izmenenijam v ljubom aspekte zhizni. Piter Akrojd pokazyvaet istoki vekovoj neizmennosti Anglii, ee konservatizma i priverzhennosti proshlomu. Period mezhdu Slavnoj revoljutsiej (1688) i pobedoj armii sojuznikov pri Vaterloo (1815) vobral v sebja mnozhestvo sobytij. Porazhenie Jakova II i pravlenie Vilgelma III Oranskogo, vojna za ispanskoe nasledstvo, nachavshajasja so vstupleniem na anglijskij prestol korolevy Anny, prisoedinenie Shotlandii k Anglii i, sledovatelno, obrazovanie Velikobritanii v 1707 g., pravlenie Georga I (pravnuka Jakova I), jakobitskoe vosstanie 1715 g., vojna chetvernogo sojuza 1718-1720 gg., pravlenie Georga II, vojna za avstrijskoe nasledstvo i semiletnjaja vojna, pravlenie Georga III s takimi vazhnymi vekhami, kak prisoedinenie Irlandii i vojna s Napoleonom... Imenno na etom otrezke vremeni parlament stal suverennym organom s objazannostjami, namnogo prevoskhodjaschimi monarshie, byli osnovany Bank Anglii i Londonskaja fondovaja birzha, a bespretsedentnye tekhnologicheskie innovatsii prevratili Angliju iz selskokhozjajstvennoj strany v stranu stali i uglja. Znachitelnye preobrazovanija proizoshli i v kulturnoj zhizni - pojavilis gazety i rodilsja zhanr anglijskogo romana. 37 illjustratsij na tsvetnoj vklejke soprovozhdajut detalnyj portret epokhi, sozdannyj vydajuschimsja masterom istoricheskogo povestvovanija Piterom Akrojdom. Perevodchik: Nikitina I.

Istorija Anglii - eto nepreryvnoe dvizhenie i chereda postojannykh izmenenij. No vsju istoriju Anglii nachinaja s pervobytnosti pronizyvaet preemstvennost, tak chto glavnoe v nej - ne izmenenija, a postojanstvo. Do sikh por v Anglii chuvstvuetsja nerazryvnaja svjaz s proshlym, s traditsijami i obychajami. Do sikh por eta strana soprotivljaetsja izmenenijam v ljubom aspekte zhizni. Piter Akrojd pokazyvaet istoki vekovoj neizmennosti Anglii, ee konservatizma i priverzhennosti proshlomu. V fokuse etoj knigi - period anglijskoj istorii, kotoryj oznamenovalsja pravlenijami Jakova VI (Jakova I), stavshego posle smerti Elizavety I pervym Stjuartom na anglijskom prestole, i Karla I; dvumja grazhdanskimi vojnami, pobedoj parlamenta, promyshlennoj revoljutsiej; protektoratom velikogo polkovodtsa Olivera Kromvelja, restavratsiej Stjuartov, pravleniem Karla II i, nakonets, Jakova II, svergnutogo v rezultate Slavnoj revoljutsii. Na stranitsakh zhivo predstaet burnyj XVII vek s ego politicheskimi peripetijami i bogatoj kulturnoj zhiznju, primechatelnoj literaturoj, vkljuchajuschej pozdnie shedevry Shekspira, jakobinskie tragedii, poeziju Dzhona Donna i Dzhona Miltona, a takzhe filosofskij traktat Tomasa Gobbsa "Leviafan". Kak eto svojstvenno sochinenijam Pitera Akrojda, v knige daetsja shirokoe predstavlenie o zhizni obychnykh anglijskikh poddannykh na fone postojannykh sotsialno-politicheskikh potrjasenij i neopredelennosti. Mnogogrannoe istoricheskoe povestvovanie prekrasno dopolnjajut 36 illjustratsij na tsvetnoj vklejke.

Istorija Anglii - eto nepreryvnoe dvizhenie i chereda postojannykh izmenenij. No vsju istoriju Anglii nachinaja s pervobytnosti pronizyvaet preemstvennost, tak chto glavnoe v nej - ne izmenenija, a postojanstvo. Do sikh por v Anglii chuvstvuetsja nerazryvnaja svjaz s proshlym, s traditsijami i obychajami. Do sikh por eta strana soprotivljaetsja izmenenijam v ljubom aspekte zhizni. Piter Akrojd pokazyvaet istoki vekovoj neizmennosti Anglii, ee konservatizma i priverzhennosti proshlomu. V etom tome sobytija istorii Anglii berut otschet s 1902 goda, kogda zavershilas Anglo-burskaja vojna, v khode kotoroj tekh, kto ranshe ispytyval gordost za imperiju, postepenno okhvatyvali razocharovanie i styd. Eduard VII, khot i ne dotjagival po politicheskomu vesu do svoej materi, korolevy Viktorii, byl samym ljubimym v narode anglijskim korolem posle Karla II. Pri ego syne George V strana uchastvovala v Pervoj mirovoj vojne i esche sokhranjala nekotorye cherty viktorianskogo vremeni, no k kontsu pravlenija sledujuschego monarkha ona izmenilas do neuznavaemosti. Georg VI vstupil na prestol posle otrechenija Eduarda VIII, svoego starshego brata, i stal odnim iz simvolov borby protiv Germanii i natsizma vo vremja Vtoroj mirovoj vojny. On byl poslednim imperatorom Indii i poslednim korolem Irlandii: Britanskaja imperija raspalas i proizoshlo ee preobrazovanie v Sodruzhestvo natsij. Posle smerti monarkha i koronatsii ego docheri nachalas novaja Elizavetinskaja epokha. K rubezhu tysjacheletij, do kotorogo dokhodit povestvovanie, za vremja pravlenija Elizavety II smenilos desjat premer-ministrov, samymi izvestnymi iz kotorykh stali Uinston Cherchill, Garold Vilson, Margaret Tetcher i Toni Bler. Zavershaetsja velikolepnaja serija knig znamenitogo britanskogo avtora, no istorija Anglii prodolzhaet khod.

Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades. It was a century of enormous change, encompassing two world wars, four monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI and the Queen), the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the Labour Party, women's suffrage, the birth of the NHS, the march of suburbia and the clearance of the slums. It was a period that saw the work of the Bloomsbury Group and T. S. Eliot, of Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin, from the end of the post-war slump to the technicolor explosion of the 1960s, to free love and punk rock, and from Thatcher to Blair. A vividly readable, richly peopled tour de force, Innovation is Peter Ackroyd writing at the height of his powers.

The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting – deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays – through the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance to modern methods that followed the advent of film and television. The biographies of the most notable and celebrated actors are also explored, right up to the present day. In this book, Ackroyd gives us an original and superbly entertaining appraisal of how actors have acted – and how audiences have responded – since the medieval period, and what we mean by the ‘magic of the stage’.

"Blagodarja svoim proizvedenijam i svoej karere Dikkens stal vazhnejshim simvolom Londona XIX veka i viktorianskogo obschestva v tselom. Ego zadumchivaja melankholichnost i jarkij jumor otrazhali dva moschnykh techenija anglijskogo mirooschuschenija, ego energichnost i optimizm voploschali progress toj epokhi, a prizyvaja k sotsialnym reformam, on ozvuchival vse tendentsii svoego vremeni. Itak, nachinajte svoe znakomstvo s Charlzom Dikkensom". (Piter Akrojd)"Dikkens prodelal put ot sereznykh finansovykh zatrudnenij do znachitelnogo bogatstva, ot zabroshennosti v detstve do vseobschego poklonenija v zrelom vozraste, ot somnitelnykh znakomstv do privatnoj audientsii u korolevy Viktorii. Ego zhizn sama po sebe sluzhit obraztsom viktorianskogo ideala, sostojavshego v samostojatelnom reshenii vsekh problem. On byl obektom vsemirnogo obozhanija v bespretsedentnykh dlja togo vremeni masshtabakh". (Pol Shlike) Nepodrazhaemyj Charlz Dikkens byl chutkim i prijatnym v obschenii chelovekom, sovershenno lishennym vysokomerija i zanoschivosti, i momentalno raspolagal k sebe ljudej. Pol Shlike, predsedatel popechitelskogo soveta londonskogo Muzeja Charlza Dikkensa, peredaet maneru obschenija talantlivogo pisatelja i vossozdaet ego portret tak ubeditelno, kak esli by oni vmeste proveli vecher na postojalom dvore za druzheskoj besedoj i gorjachim aromatnym punshem. S predisloviem vydajuschegosja britanskogo pisatelja, avtora bestsellera "London. Biografija" i shestitomnoj "Istorii Anglii" Pitera Akrojda.

Doktor Dzhonson kogda-to skazal: "Esli vy ustali ot Londona - vy ustali ot zhizni". Pro London napisany tysjachi uchenykh knig - istorij, khronik, nauchnykh opisanij. Piter Akrojd pervym posvjatil etom)' gorodu biografiju, potomu chto ponjal: London - i est zhizn. London Akrojda - eto zhivoj organizm, neizmennyj po suti, no vechno menjajuschijsja v detaljakh, ogromnyj, no nemyslimyj bez samoj maloj ego chasti, zhivuschij segodnjashnim dnem, no nikogda ne zabyvajuschij o tom, chto proiskhodilo tysjachi let nazad. I dazhe esli vy nikogda ne byvali v Londone, prochest takuju knigu pro takoj gorod vse ravno stoit, ved chitat pro zhizn interesno vsem - esli vy, konechno, ot nee ne ustali.

Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the colours of London and what do you imagine? The reds of open-top buses and terracotta bricks? The grey smog of Victorian industry, Portland stone and pigeons in Trafalgar square? Or the gradations of yellows, violets and blues that shimmer on the Thames at sunset – reflecting the incandescent light of a city that never truly goes dark? We associate green with royal parks and the District Line; gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of monuments and cathedrals. Colours of London shows us that colour is everywhere in the city, and each one holds myriad links to its past. The colours of London have inspired artists (Whistler, Van Gogh, Turner, Monet), designers (Harry Beck) and social reformers (Charles Booth). And from the city’s first origins, Ackroyd shows how colour is always to be found at the heart of London’s history, from the blazing reds of the Great Fire of London to the blackouts of the Blitz to the bold colours of royal celebrations and vibrant street life. This beautifully written book examines the city's fascinating relationship with colour, alongside specially commissioned colourised photographs from Dynamichrome, which bring a lost London back to life. London has been the main character in Ackroyd's work ever since his first novel, and he has won countless prizes in both fiction and non-fiction for his truly remarkable body of work. Here, he channels a lifetime of knowledge of the great city, writing with clarity and passion about the hues and shades which have shaped London's journey through history into the present day. A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city.

Celebrated novelist, biographer, and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the colors of London and what do you imagine? The reds of open-top buses and terracotta bricks? The grey smog of Victorian industry, Portland stone, and pigeons in Trafalgar square? Or the gradations of yellows, violets, and blues that shimmer on the Thames at sunset--reflecting the incandescent light of a city that never truly goes dark. We associate green with royal parks and the District Line; gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of monuments and cathedrals. Colors of London shows us that color is everywhere in the city, and each one holds myriad links to its past. The colors of London have inspired artists (Whistler, Van Gogh, Turner, Monet), designers (Harry Beck) and social reformers (Charles Booth). And from the city's first origins, Ackroyd shows how color is always to be found at the heart of London's history, from the blazing reds of the Great Fire of London to the blackouts of the Blitz to the bold colors of royal celebrations and vibrant street life. This beautifully written book examines the city's fascinating relationship with color, alongside specially commissioned colorised photographs from Dynamichrome, which bring a lost London back to life. London has been the main character in Ackroyd's work ever since his first novel, and he has won countless prizes in both fiction and non-fiction for his truly remarkable body of work. Here, he channels a lifetime of knowledge of the great city, writing with clarity and passion about the hues and shades which have shaped London's journey through history into the present day. A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography, or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city.

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroydâ??s magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.

Naabrinaised Maud Finch ja Millicent Swallow on kaks väga erinevat inimest. See, kuidas nad on nii kindla sõpruse sõlminud, on jäänud külaelanike jaoks täielikuks mõistatuseks. Kõik muutub, kui külla ilmub võõras mees Theodore Cadmus, kes ütleb end tulevat väikeselt Vahemere saarelt Calderast, millest keegi midagi kuulnud ei ole. Mõistatusliku võõra saabumine tekitab kaose idüllilise küla ellu. Kaua varjatud saladused ja viha ähvardavad pinnale tõusta, tekitades vägivalla, kaosekeerisse … ja mõrva. Satiiriline romaan täis salapära, kättemaksu, ahnust ja armukadedust. Peter Ackroyd (sündinud 5. oktoobril1949 Suurbritannias) on tunnustatud romaanikirjanik, biograaf ja kirjanduskriitik. Suur osa tema teostest keskendub Londoni ajaloole ja kultuuriloole. 2003. aastal sai temast Briti impeeriumi ordu komandör.

"Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read." --Kirkus, starred review Dominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes readers from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, whose face was set against reform, to the 'Sailor King' William IV whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery. But it was the accession of Queen Victoria, at only eighteen years old, that sparked an era of enormous innovation. Technological progress--from steam railways to the first telegram--swept the nation and the finest inventions were showcased at the first Great Exhibition in 1851. The emergence of the middle-classes changed the shape of society and scientific advances changed the old pieties of the Church of England, and spread secular ideas among the population. Though intense industrialization brought booming times for the factory owners, the working classes were still subjected to poor housing, long work hours, and dire poverty. Yet by the end of Victoria's reign, the British Empire dominated much of the globe, and Britannia really did seem to rule the waves.

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyds magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later.