The third in the series of Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guides
Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guides to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, and numerous scholarly books and articles on subjects ranging in date from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998 and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2015. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He lives in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor.
Ian Mortimer is among the best: a conjuror who is always bright,
engaging and well-informed… Any tour of late 17th-century Britain
is guaranteed to be exhilarating. And with Mortimer in charge, one
always travels first class
*Mail on Sunday*
Ian Mortimer is a historical truffle hound… The Time Traveller’s
Guide to Restoration Britain is just such fun to read… Mortimer
writes with real freshness and enthusiasm,... His book is a
delightful read.
*Sunday Times*
This entertaining tourist guide brings the late 17th century
alive…The latest Time Traveller’s Guide will entertain and inform
anyone with an interest in this extraordinary period
*The Times*
Thoroughly entertaining… It is crammed with insights, facts and
enjoyable anecdotes, which create a sense of the experience of
living in Britain between 1660 and 1700… This is a compelling book
and one of considerable erudition… This is the book that will
provide the most richly colourful account of Britain in this
period
*History Today*
Everything you wanted to know about these fair isles between 1660
and 1700... Exciting times.
*Sunday Express*
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