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1415: Henry V's Year of Glory by Ian Mortimer
Category: Non-Fiction
"Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice, he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be th ...Show more
Human Race : 10 Centuries of Change on Earth by Ian Mortimer
Category: History
InHuman Race: 10 Centuries of Change on Earth bestselling historian Ian Mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure whic ...Show more
Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
Category: History
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science a ...Show more
Perfect King The Life of Edward III Father of the English Nation by Mortimer Ian
Category: Non-Fiction
THE PERFECT KING by Ian Mortimer
Category: History
"He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had, and three hundred years ...Show more
The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer
Category: Fiction
'Beautifully written and superbly executed' TimesFrom the author of the bestselling The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain, this is a stunningly high-concept historical novel that is both as daring as it is gripping, and perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, SJ Parris and Kate Mosse.December 134 ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Category: History
We think of Queen Elizabeth I as 'Gloriana': the most powerful English woman in history. We think of her reign (1558-1603) as a golden age of maritime heroes, like Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake, and of great writers, such as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe and Willi ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Category: Fiction
We think of Queen Elizabeth I as ‘Gloriana’: the most powerful English woman in history. We think of her reign (1558-1603) as a golden age of maritime heroes, like Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake, and of great writers, such as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jo ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England : A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guides
An original, entertaining and illuminating guide to a completely different world: England in the Middle Ages Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? Should you go to a c ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
Category: History | Series: Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guides
'Excellent... Mortimer's erudition is formidable' The Times A time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour...Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history - the Regency, or Georgian England. This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
Category: History
This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; the sartorial elegance of Beau Brummell and the poetic licence of Lord Byron; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and Waterloo; the threat of revolution and the Peterloo massacr ...Show more