Peter Ackroyd is one of the most popular modern English writers, an intellectual, a polymath, a literary critic, an expert on English history - he achieved success in poetry, essays, novels, and historical and biographical prose; he was repeatedly awarded prestigious literary awards. His books “The House of Doctor Dee”, “The Testament of Oscar Wilde”, “London. Biography", fundamental biographies of the classics of English literature have become bestsellers all over the world, and Russia is no exception. The novel "London Writers" features real historical characters who are in love with English belles lettres and its pillars, especially William Shakespeare. Spurred by ambition, they strive to leave their mark in literature, and they choose very different methods of creative self-affirmation, sometimes even to the point of the law. In the end, the whole of London is excited by the detective intrigue unfolding around the unknown manuscripts of Shakespeare, allegedly discovered by a mysterious second-hand bookseller...