Ian Mortimer
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Holding power for over fifty years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England's most influential kings, and one who shaped the course of English history. Revered as one of the country's most illustrious leaders for centuries, he was also a usurper and a warmonger who ordered his uncle beheaded. A brutal man, to be sure, but also a brilliant one. Noted historian Ian Mortimer offers us the first comprehensive look at the life of Edward III. The...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Imagine you could see the smiles of the people mentioned in Samuel Pepys's diary, hear the shouts of market traders, and touch their wares. How would you find your way around? Where would you stay? What would you wear? Where might you be suspected of witchcraft? Where would you be welcome? This is an up-close-and-personal look at Britain between the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and the end of the century. The last witch is sentenced to death...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God's law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies...
Author
Language
English
Description
The author of "The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England" takes readers through the world and daily life of Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, and others. Organized as a travel guide for time-hopping tourists, Mortimer's work will interest Elizabethan enthusiasts and history buffs alike.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A time machine has just transported you back to the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? Where will you stay? How do you earn a living and how much are you paid? What sort of food will you be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord? This is not your typical look at a historical period. This radical new approach shows us that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. All facets of the everyday...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellington. 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 license of Lord Byron; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and...
Search Tools Get RSS Feed Email this Search