Īckroyd died in Dixon's Green, Dudley at the age of 71. Peter Ackroyd, one of Britains most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series. He was a right-handed batsman and played 20 innings in twelve first-class matches with an average of 4.15 and a top score of 15. He takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He represented Scotland in one first-class match against Yorkshire in 1937.Īckroyd was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 20 first-class wickets with an average of 35.35 and a best performance of 4 for 63. In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the epic story of England itself. He played three more matches for the county that season and seven games in the 1925 season.Īckroyd subsequently moved to Scotland where he played for West of Scotland against the Australians in 1926 and for another Scotland team against the Australians in 1930. The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyds masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades. In his opening match against Northamptonshire he took three wickets and a catch and scored 13 in his second innings. Innovation brings Peter Ackroyds History of England to a triumphant close. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1924 season. Is it possible to write a comprehensive history of Britain from its beginnings to the infancy of the Tudor era in 450 pages Peter Ackroyd gives it a try in. Archibald Ackroyd ( – 25 June 1968) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 19 and for Scotland in 1937.Īckroyd was born in Heanor, Derbyshire.
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