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The Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval England Brain Shot (2010)

by Ian Mortimer(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1407073672 (ISBN13: 9781407073675)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Vintage Digital

review 1: If all you want to know about Elizabethan England begins with Paltrow and ends with Blanchett, you may want to skip this review. If you really want to know how real English people managed to struggle, get along, and succeed at the end of the 16th Century, you will enjoy what Ian Mortimer provides. Mortimer, a historian, has now had a full decade of note beyond that of most of his fellows. He writes with authority about English history during the 14th - 16th Centuries in a way where the lay reader feels engaged with the explanation of people and events. He has devoted several books to English monarchs where he burrows into their lives in a way other biographers have failed to do. (See my future reviews.) Here, he gives us the daily grit of life and, with humor, shares h... moreis research into what the average person of that day needed to know about:England and the United KingdomReligionCharacterWhat to wearGetting aboutWhere to stayWhat to eat and drinkCharacter and mannersHygiene, illness, and medicineEntertainmentand many other topics.If you were an author wanting to construct an historical novel, this would be a great place to start. There are plenty of references and citations for those who want to delve further into events or personalities, but Mortimer gives us something that stands very well on its own.
review 2: What was it really like to live in Elizabethan England? It wasn’t all cool clothes and political intrigue and going to the theater, as Ian Mortimer will tell you. You couldn’t carry a road map, they were too bulky and not really useful. If you could even get out of town, the roads were so badly maintained. Those cool clothes? There were laws governing dress by one’s rank in society. And it was a criminal offense to be intoxicated anywhere, even in bed. Written in a sprightly style, this book makes it a pleasure to plunge into the England of 1558, and a pleasure to return to the 21st century afterwards. less

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