Peter Ackroyd

London has been the main character in the work of Peter Ackroyd ever since his first novel, The Great Fire of London. His Hawksmoor won the Whitbread and the Guardian Fiction Prize, Chatterton was shortlisted for the Booker, London: the Biography won the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature. Reviewers commonly categorize him as the Dickens of our day.

Covent Garden - The Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Markets By (photographer) Clive Boursnell Introduction by Peter Ackroyd Clive Boursnell's photographs capture the atmosphere of the old Covent Garden Market in the 1960s and 70s. Category: Travel, History and the Past Publisher: Frances Lincoln