The Lambs of London: A Novel
by:
Peter Ackroyd (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780385519007 (0385519001)
Publish date: June 20th 2006
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Who thought I would ever mark an Ackroyd work so low! But I wasn't alone. bookshelves: published-2003, summer-2010, abandoned Read on June 07, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** workaday mp3 - BLAH!Unabridged and read by Alex Jennings. 6 hours 14 mins duration. 6 CD'sBlurb - Charles and Mary Lamb, who w...
I have long wanted to read Peter Ackroyd and I came upon this book in a used bookstore, so home it came. The story was well-paced and engaging but certainly not a must-read. It centers around Charles and Mary Lamb, fictionalized here, and Mary's acquaintance with the son of the bookseller, who claim...
workaday mp3 - BLAH!Unabridged and read by Alex Jennings. 6 hours 14 mins duration. 6 CD'sBlurb - Charles and Mary Lamb, who will achieve lasting fame as the authors of Tales from Shakespeare for children, are still living at their parents' home. Charles, an aspiring writer bored stiff by his job as...
The Lambs of London, despite the title, is mostly about Ireland his foregery of Shakespeare's plays. It is not a boring book, but there is something lacking in it. At times the writer feels one step removed from some of the characters, in particular Mary Lamb who disappers for a section of the nov...
I normally don't buy hardcover books unless I'm really really eager to read a just-published book. This one was half-off and sounded rather interesting.I think you really have to have some background knowledge about Shakespeare and his plays to really enjoy this book.The plot is based on a really go...
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