by Peter Ackroyd · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141042015
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«Hawksmoor» is the historical mystery novel by Peter Ackroyd, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
The narrative alternates two eras: in eighteenth-century London, Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Sir Christopher Wren, builds seven churches with a hidden purpose; centuries later, Inspector Nicholas Hawksmoor investigates a series of crimes near those temples, in a gothic atmosphere where architecture and mystery intertwine.
First published in 1985, it won the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Award; the present English edition is from 2010.
For readers of historical and crime fiction with an interest in dark London and dual-timeline plots.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
