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Derek Jacobi

Author of As Luck Would Have It

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Includes the names: Derek Jacobi, Sir Derek Jacobi

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Works by Derek Jacobi

As Luck Would Have It (2013) 36 copies, 1 review
Cadfael: Series 4 (The Holy Thief / The Potter's Field / The Pilgrim of Hate) (1998) — Actor — 23 copies
Cadfael: Monk's Hood [1994 TV episode] (1994) — Actor — 11 copies
Gladiator 9 copies
Cadfael: The Holy Thief [1998 TV episode] (1998) — Actor — 9 copies
Cadfael: The Raven in the Foregate [1997 TV episode] (1997) — Actor — 9 copies
Farmer Giles of Ham 3 copies
Masterful (2021) — Performer — 3 copies
The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet ( Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Romeo & Juliet / Julius Caesar [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2… (2010) 3 copies
The Murder at World’s End 2 copies
Mr Bliss 2 copies
In The Night Garden: Magical Times 2 copies
Shakespeare Stories (1999) — Narrator — 2 copies
Derek Jacobi on Malvolio (Shakespeare on Stage) (2013) 2 copies
George's Marvelous Medicine 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Iliad (0700) — Narrator, some editions — 47,239 copies, 445 reviews
The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) — Narrator, some editions — 40,058 copies, 330 reviews
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) — Narrator, some editions — 29,851 copies, 294 reviews
A Christmas Carol (1843) — Narrator, some editions — 29,239 copies, 597 reviews
The Time Machine (1895) — Reader, some editions — 20,352 copies, 389 reviews
George's Marvelous Medicine (1981) — Narrator, some editions — 10,852 copies, 111 reviews
I, Claudius (1934) — Narrator, some editions — 10,154 copies, 180 reviews
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) — Narrator, some editions — 9,300 copies, 146 reviews
A Study in Scarlet (1887) — Narrator, some editions — 9,197 copies, 354 reviews
The Testaments (2019) — Narrator, some editions — 8,899 copies, 276 reviews
Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) — Narrator, some editions — 8,036 copies, 57 reviews
The Daughter of Time (1951) — Narrator, some editions — 6,612 copies, 252 reviews
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892) — Narrator, some editions — 6,000 copies, 97 reviews
The Sign of the Four (1890) — Narrator, some editions — 5,829 copies, 194 reviews
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) — Narrator, some editions — 5,068 copies, 64 reviews
Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) — Narrator, some editions — 4,648 copies, 57 reviews
Claudius the God (1934) — Narrator, some editions — 4,639 copies, 49 reviews
A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) — Sprecher, some editions — 4,408 copies, 117 reviews
The Sea, the Sea (1978) — Narrator, some editions — 4,097 copies, 107 reviews
Letters From Father Christmas (1976) — Narrator, some editions — 3,742 copies, 74 reviews
The House of Silk (2011) — Narrator, some editions — 3,517 copies, 173 reviews
Well-Schooled in Murder (1990) — Narrator, some editions — 2,763 copies, 55 reviews
Monk's Hood (1980) — Narrator, some editions — 2,588 copies, 57 reviews
Blackberry Wine (2000) — Narrator, some editions — 2,327 copies, 49 reviews
Moriarty (2014) — Narrator, some editions — 2,080 copies, 82 reviews
Kensuke's Kingdom (1999) — Narrator, some editions — 2,070 copies, 38 reviews
Dead Man's Ransom (1984) — Narrator, some editions — 1,887 copies, 38 reviews
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other Verses from The Red Book (1962) — Narrator, some editions — 1,872 copies, 22 reviews
The Heretic's Apprentice (1989) — Narrator, some editions — 1,808 copies, 30 reviews
Tales from the Perilous Realm (2008) — Narrator, some editions — 1,690 copies, 13 reviews
A Severed Head (1961) — Narrator, some editions — 1,689 copies, 50 reviews
Gladiator [2000 film] (2000) — Actor — 1,292 copies, 9 reviews
Smith of Wootton Major (1967) — Narrator, some editions — 1,168 copies, 21 reviews
The American Boy (2003) — Narrator, some editions — 995 copies, 29 reviews
The King's Speech [2010 film] (2010) — Actor — 856 copies, 9 reviews
Cinderella [2015 film] (2015) — Actor — 528 copies, 3 reviews
Nanny McPhee [2005 film] (2005) 506 copies, 7 reviews
Underworld: Evolution [2006 movie] (2006) 479 copies, 3 reviews
The Secret of NIMH [1982 film] (1982) — Narrator — 472 copies, 7 reviews
Gosford Park [2001 film] (2001) — Actor — 470 copies, 4 reviews
The Civil War [1990 TV series] (1990) — Actor — 364 copies, 2 reviews
Murder on the Orient Express [2017 film] (2017) — Actor — 357 copies, 4 reviews
Shakespeare by Another Name: The Life of Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare (2005) — Foreword, some editions — 338 copies, 7 reviews
Henry V [1989 film] (1989) — Actor — 321 copies, 2 reviews
Leaf by Niggle (1945) — Narrator, some editions — 308 copies, 7 reviews
Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series (2007) 231 copies, 5 reviews
Hamlet [1996 film] (1996) — Actor — 217 copies, 2 reviews
I, Claudius [1976 TV miniseries] (1976) — Cast; Actor — 201 copies, 6 reviews
Lust (2016) — Narrator, some editions — 154 copies, 2 reviews
Dead Again [1991 film] (1991) — Actor — 123 copies, 2 reviews
Hereafter [2010 film] (2010) 109 copies
The Gathering Storm [2002 film] (2002) 104 copies, 1 review
My Week with Marilyn [2011 film] (2011) — Actor — 100 copies, 3 reviews
Trickery (2017) — Narrator, some editions — 94 copies
The Borgias [2011]: Season 1 (2011) 81 copies, 2 reviews
The Graveyard Book: Full-Cast Production (2014) — Narrator — 77 copies, 6 reviews
Cadfael: The Complete Series [videorecording] (2005) — Actor — 76 copies
In Another Country: Selected Stories (2015) — Narrator, some editions — 70 copies, 3 reviews
The Odessa File [1974 film] (1993) — Actor — 67 copies, 6 reviews
Tolkien [2019 film] (2019) — Actor — 66 copies, 2 reviews
Ironclad [2011 film] (2011) 62 copies, 1 review
Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged Classics (2005) — Narrator — 61 copies, 5 reviews
The Secret Garden [1987 TV movie] (1987) — Actor — 41 copies
Frasier: The Complete Eighth Season (2006) 39 copies
Jason and the Argonauts [2000 TV miniseries] (2000) — Actor — 37 copies
Deadline (2003) — Narrator — 36 copies, 1 review
BBC Radio Presents: Hamlet [1993 performance] (1993) 33 copies, 1 review
Othello [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 31 copies
The Original Three Tenors Concert [1990 film] (1990) — Narrator, some editions — 31 copies
Jim Henson's The StoryTeller: Greek Myths [1990 TV series] (1990) — Actor — 30 copies
Cadfael: Series 1 (One Corpse Too Many / The Sanctuary Sparrow / The Leper of St. Giles / Monk's Hood) (1995) — Actor — 30 copies, 1 review
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (BBC TV Shakespeare Collection) (1980) — Actor; Actor — 30 copies, 2 reviews
BBC Radio Presents: Romeo and Juliet (1994) — Reader — 28 copies, 2 reviews
Love Is the Devil [1998 film] (2000) — Actor — 28 copies
Ghost Stories, Volume One: Five Supernatural Tales (2007) — Narrator — 27 copies, 1 review
Shakespeare Uncovered [2012 TV mini series] (2013) 27 copies, 1 review
Underworld: The Legacy Collection (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans / Underworld: Awakening) [Blu-ray] (2015) — Actor — 27 copies
Vicious: Series 1 (2013) — Actor — 26 copies
The Old Curiosity Shop [2007 TV movie] (2010) — Actor — 25 copies
Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection: Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass (2002) — Narrator — 25 copies
Revengers Tragedy [2002 film] (2002) 24 copies, 1 review
The Pallisers [1974 TV mini-series] (2004) — Actor — 24 copies
Cadfael: Set 2 (The Devil's Novice / St.Peter's Fair / The Virgin In The Ice) (1996) — Actor — 22 copies
The Diary of River Song: Series Five (2019) — Performer — 22 copies, 2 reviews
Double Feature: The Secret of Nimh [and] The Secret of Nimh 2 (2014) — Narrator — 21 copies
Cadfael: One Corpse Too Many [1994 TV episode] (1994) — Actor — 18 copies, 2 reviews
I, Claudius: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama (2010) — Narrator — 18 copies, 1 review
Adam Resurrected [2008 film] (2008) — Actor — 17 copies, 3 reviews
The History of Theatre (2000) — Reader, some editions — 16 copies, 1 review
Ghost Stories, Volume 2 (2009) — Introduction — 16 copies, 1 review
Cadfael: A Morbid Taste for Bones [1996 TV episode] (1997) — Actor — 16 copies
Cadfael: The Leper of St. Giles [1994 TV episode] (1995) 15 copies
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka [web series] (2008) — Actor — 14 copies
The Essential Shakespeare Live [2005 album] (2005) 14 copies
The Medusa Touch [1978 film] (1978) — Actor — 14 copies, 1 review
Cadfael: The Virgin in the Ice [1995 TV episode] (1995) — Actor — 14 copies
The War Master: Only the Good (2018) — Performer; Performer — 14 copies
Enigma [1982 film] (1983) — Actor — 14 copies, 2 reviews
Doctor Who: Ravenous 4 (2019) — Performer — 14 copies
Les Misérables: Masterpiece [2018 TV mini series] (2019) — Actor — 13 copies, 1 review
The Tenth Man [1988 TV movie] (1993) — Actor — 12 copies, 5 reviews
Vicious: Series 2 (2015) — Actor — 12 copies
Christmas Book at Bedtime (2000) — Narrator — 11 copies
The War Master: The Master of Callous (2018) — Performer, some editions — 11 copies, 1 review
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Actor — 11 copies, 1 review
Cadfael: The Devil's Novice [1996 TV episode] (1995) 10 copies
UNIT: Cyber-Reality (2018) — Narrator — 10 copies
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: In Aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund (2010) — Narrator — 9 copies
Richard II (BBC TV Shakespeare Collection) (1978) 9 copies
Little Dorrit [1987 film] (2007) 9 copies
The Human Factor [1979 film] (1979) 9 copies
Cadfael: The Sanctuary Sparrow [1994 TV episode] (1995) 9 copies
Manor House [2002 TV series] (2003) — Narrator — 9 copies
Cadfael: St. Peter's Fair [1997 TV episode] (1997) — Actor — 9 copies
Agatha Christie's Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage [2004 TV Drama] (2004) — Actor — 8 copies
Cadfael: The Rose Rent [1997 TV episode] (1997) — Actor — 8 copies
Cadfael: The Pilgrim of Hate [1998 TV episode] (1998) 7 copies
The War Master: Rage of the Time Lords (2019) — Performer — 7 copies
Cadfael: The Potter's Field [1998 TV episode] (1998) 7 copies
Vicious: The Finale (2016) 7 copies
Last Tango In Halifax: Series 1-3 [DVD] (2013) — Actor — 7 copies
The M. R. James BBC Radio Collection (2020) — Narrator — 6 copies
The Essential Shakespeare Live [2016 album] (2016) 5 copies
The War Master: Anti-Genesis (2020) — Performer — 5 copies
Brother Cadfael: Monk's Hood, The Leper of St. Giles, The Sanctuary Sparrow, One Corpse Too Many [enhanced audiotrack] (1999) — Narrator — 4 copies
The BBC Shakespeare Collection: History (2004) — Actor — 4 copies
Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard - J. G. Ballard (active ToC) — Narrator, some editions — 3 copies
Discovering Hamlet [1990 film] (2011) — Actor — 3 copies
Blue Blood [1974 film] (1973) — Actor — 3 copies, 1 review
Two Men Went to War [2002 film] — Actor — 3 copies
Margot [2009 TV movie] — Actor — 3 copies
Derek Jacobi: Audible Sessions: FREE Exclusive Interview (2018) — Narrator, some editions — 2 copies
Future Phantoms (2025) — Narrator — 2 copies
Dark Gallifrey: The War Master, Part Two (2024) — Narrator — 2 copies
Dark Gallifrey: The War Master, Part Three (2024) — Narrator — 2 copies
A Christmas Carol (Audible Original Drama) — Narrator — 2 copies, 1 review
Ode to Saint Cecilia (2017) — Narrator, some editions — 2 copies
Rogue Encounters (2024) — Narrator — 2 copies
Titanic - Blood and Steel — Actor — 2 copies
The Jury [2002 TV series] (2002) — Actor — 2 copies
Blood and Gold [abridged] (2001) — Narrator, some editions — 2 copies
Nijinsky: Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky [VHS] (2002) — Narrator, some editions — 1 copy
Monk's Hood [abridged] — Narrator, some editions — 1 copy
Reading between the lines: from page to production 1 copy
Castles of Clay [1978 film] — Narrator — 1 copy, 1 review
Interlude [1968 film] (1968) 1 copy
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART, SERIES 2 (2009) — Actor — 1 copy
Dr Who: The War Master: Only the Good: The Heavenly Paradigm 1 copy
Mist: Sheepdog Tales Round Up — Narrator — 1 copy
Daedalus and Icarus [1991 The StoryTeller: Greek Myths TV episode] (1991) — Actor — 1 copy
Doctor Who Magazine 384 (2007) — Interview — 1 copy
Achilles [1995 short film] — Narrator — 1 copy
The Secret Garden [1994 animated film] (1994) — Actor — 1 copy
Bora Bora: Radio Play (2008) — Narrator — 1 copy

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As Luck Would Have It by Derek Jacobi
Focus is mainly on his early years and his acting career. An intensely private man, I would still have liked a glimpse more into a few more personal moments which is what all fans would be interested in.
Nov 16, 2025

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Works
39
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Members
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Popularity
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Rating
4.0
Reviews
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ISBNs
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