Alfred Hitchcock

Superb, insightful short life… Deft and moving – Bee Wilson * The Guardian *
Irresistible – Louise Jury * The Independent *
An elegant and hugely enjoyable read – Alexander Larman * Sunday Express *
[A] nutritious, compact and superb critical biography – Roger Lewis * Daily Mail *
Shelves of serious biographies have been written on Alfred Hitchcock, but perhaps none as pleasurable as Peter Ackroyd’s – Kate Muir * The Times *
This is an elegantly spare and hugely readable book – which sends you straight back to the films – Olivia Cole * GQ *
An accessible and efficient primer to [Hitchcock’s] life and work – Peter Murphy * Irish Times *
A sound and highly readable introduction – Kevin Jackson * Literary Review *
Ackroyd…lucidly evokes the textures of Hitchcock’s eccentric life and blends these with a confident examination of the major films in Hitchcock’s remarkable output – Brendan Daly * Sunday Business Post *
An engaging introduction and intriguing invitation to revisit the films – Francine Stock * Prospect *

• Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet, and broadcaster.
• He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers:
  • London: The Biography
  • Thames: Sacred River
  • London Under
• His notable biographies include works on:
  • Charles Dickens
  • William Blake
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Alfred Hitchcock
• He has also written a multi-volume history of England.
• Ackroyd’s awards include:
  • Whitbread Biography Award
  • Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize
  • The Guardian Fiction Prize
  • Somerset Maugham Award
  • South Bank Prize for Literature
• He holds a CBE for services to literature.

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