To celebrate the release of Peter Ackroyd's anticipated new book, Foundation: A History of England Volume I on 2 September, the award-winning historian and novelist will be answering your questions.
Known for his diverse, inventive writing, Peter is also a poet, broadcaster and biographer. Gaining acclaim for London: The Biography (2000) described as 'this decade's finest work of non-fiction' by The Word, Peter has penned a number of non-fiction historical accounts of London including Illustrated London (2003), Thames: Sacred River (2007) and London Under (2011).
Described as 'the biggest non-fiction project of our times (The Bookseller),' Peter's newest and most ambitious work yet A History of England is the first volume in a six-part account of English history. Chronicling English history from over 15,000 years ago to the first Tudor king Henry VII, Peter weaves vivid narrative with detailed insight describing the food, customs, superstitions and even the jokes of the ordinary people and aristocracy.
We have two pairs of tickets up for grabs for an evening talk with Peter at the Southbank Centre on 8 September and two signed hard-back copies of Foundation to give away. For your chance to win, post your questions for Peter on the thread below before the end of Thursday 1 September and we'll link through to his answers from this page the following week.
Winners will be notified on Friday 2 September.
Foundation: A History of England Volume I will be released in hardback by Pan Macmillan on 2 September 2011 or can be pre-ordered now on Amazon