The Trial of Elizabeth Cree - Peter Ackroyd • BookLikes (ISBN:0385477074)

The Trial of Elizabeth Cree

by: Peter Ackroyd (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780385477079 (0385477074)

ASIN: 0385477074

Publish date: 1995-04-01

Publisher: Nan A. Talese

Pages no: 261

Edition language: English

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Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary, Historical Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Fiction, Historical

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13 years ago

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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.

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14 years ago

http://ethiercn.booklikes.com Chris' Fish Place 4.0

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I love Peter Ackroyd, I really do.Books like this are part of the reason why. Making use of the famous figures of Dan Leno (no, not Jay Leno), Gissing, and Marx among others, Ackroyd weaves a mystery unlike very few.The story is told though different voices and different prespectives, and the groun...

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