The Thames: Sacred River Part 1: The Mirror of History

Peter Ackroyd

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Published by Cornerstone Publishing
Read by Simon Callow

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EAN: 9781846570513
Published: 6 Sep 2007

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The Thames has been a highway, a frontier and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere and stories.

Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, bestselling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries. In part one, The Mirror of History, he explores the river's geology, early history and mythology with fascinating facts and anecdotes.

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Peter Ackroyd was born and brought up in London, where he still lives. A prolific prize-winning novelist, historian and biographer, he has a CBE for services to literature.
His ground-breaking book London: the biography has spawned many imitators; The Thames is in the same league, equally innovative, idiosyncratic and wide-ranging.
London: the biography sold 125,000 copies in Chatto hardback and 250,000 copies in Vintage paperback. First published in 2000, it is still going strong, selling 10,000 copies in 2006 and 15,000 copies in 2005.

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