
Chatterton
Peter Ackroyd
When Thomas Chatterton, a brilliant literary counterfeiter, is found dead in 1770, the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death are unraveled in succeeding centuries.
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- ISBN-13
- 9780802134806
- Topics
- Literary forgeryMystery of deathLegacy across time
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1987)
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