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Ian Mortimer

Ian Mortimer

Ian Mortimer

Ian Mortimer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded the Alexander Prize in 2004 for his work on the social history of medicine. He holds a Ph.D. in history and a higher doctorate from the University of Exeter. He has written five other medieval books, most recently the revolutionary study Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies. He has also worked for several archive and historical research organizations in the U.K., where he lives with his wife and children.www.ianmortimer.com

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England will be released on October 25, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Oct 25, 2011
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 25, 2011
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England will be released on December 29, 2009 in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 29, 2009
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 29, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England
Nov 14, 2009

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Pocklington Post, May 3, 2012
...Climb into the passenger seat, sit back and join time traveller Ian Mortimer on a journey into some of the rotten truths about the much-heralded Elizabethan age... You’ll find the usual high-profile faces loitering about London’s landmark streets and...
Northern Echo, March 27, 2012
...glamorised version presented on celluloid and in novels, and gives us the startling and often disgusting truth. Historian Ian Mortimer is also the author of the best-selling The Time Traveller’s Guide To Medieval England. Many of the primitive horrors...
Guardian.co.uk, March 23, 2012
...This provides a vivid trip back to the 16th century Fresh from his acclaimed tour through 14th-century England , Ian Mortimer travels forward 200 years in his time machine. Setting us down in the reign of Elizabeth I, he aims to recreate, as he puts it,...
Mail Online UK, March 23, 2012
...would have held no terrors for me, despite the 'noxious mix of urine, sweat, vomit and animal excrement' Ian Mortimer says characterised those boisterous times. Indeed, I'd have felt right at home. Other historians might prefer to dwell on innovations in...
Guardian.co.uk, March 20, 2012
...Dyson •  The Event of Literature by Terry Eagleton •  Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer • The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers - and the Coming Cashless Society by David Wolman Fiction ...
The Independent, March 2, 2012
...Mortimer has returned to his time machine to give us The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. We travel to a time full of discovery, adventure and learning, presided over by "without doubt the most powerful Englishwoman in history". But to...
Telegraph, February 28, 2012
...Toby Clements is thrilled by Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England, which tells us much about their bathing habits, among other fascinating details. Ian Mortimers The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval...
The Independent, March 2, 2012
...Mortimer has returned to his time machine to give us The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. We travel to a time full of discovery, adventure and learning, presided over by "without doubt the most powerful Englishwoman in history". But to...
All In London, March 1, 2012
...via events@piccadilly.waterstones.co.uk Related All In London Page: About the event: At this exclusive launch event, Ian Mortimer will be discussing his new book 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England...
Star News Group, February 28, 2012
...match, but bowled well in spite of taking the bowler's ton across his 22 overs. Once again, Ian Mortimer (6/53) was forced to hold up Pakenham Upper-Toomuc on his own as the wiley bowler kept the Yabbies in the match against Clyde (245). Fifties to...
Telegraph, February 28, 2012
...Toby Clements is thrilled by Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England, which tells us much about their bathing habits, among other fascinating details. Ian Mortimers The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval...
Telegraph, February 28, 2012
...is thrilled by Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England, which tells us much about their bathing habits, among other fascinating details. Ian Mortimers The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval...
Sidmouth Herald, February 25, 2012
...are a delight. Stockists include Waterstones and Paragon Books, Sidmouth. The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England. Ian Mortimer. Bodley Head £20. What was life like under Queen Elizabeth 1st? If you could go back in time to the sixteenth...
Devon 24, February 25, 2012
...are a delight. Stockists include Waterstones and Paragon Books, Sidmouth. The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England. Ian Mortimer. Bodley Head £20. What was life like under Queen Elizabeth 1st? If you could go back in time to the sixteenth...