Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain.
Alternating between the eighteenth century, when Nicholas Dyer, assistant to Christopher Wren, builds s.
Peter Ackroyd\'s Hawksmoor was first published in 1985.
All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.
When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood.
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain