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 · Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source. Exploring its history from prehistoric times to the present day, the reader is drawn into an extraordinary world, learning about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and 4/5(1). Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source. Exploring its history from prehistoric times to the present day, the reader is drawn into an extraordinary world, learning about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and malaria; locks, /5().  · Thames: Sacred River. by Peter Ackroyd. Chatto Windus £25, pp The Thames is one of the few places left where you can still hear the cries of a bygone bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Thames: Sacred River (Hardcover) Published September 6th by Chatto Windus. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Peter Ackroyd. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. Following my review of Thames: Sacred River, by Peter Ackroyd, The Bad Witch's Deities of the Week are Thames and Isis. Most people have heard of Old Father Thames, but you may be wondering what Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, has to do with a river in England. The Thames is an ancient river and the origins of its name are lost in antiquity, but may derive from the Celtic words tam. This review originally appeared in the Wessex Chronicle volume 14, issue 4 (Winter )Thames - Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd. Vintage Books, , ISBN This book is a companion piece of sorts to Ackroyd's biography" of London, and was subsequently turned into a TV series.

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