Ian Mortimer: 15 books
The Greatest Traitor
The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England: 1327--1330
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms....
What Isn't History?
Selected Articles and Speeches on Writing History and Historical Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2017
An award-winning historian’s guide to writing about history, in both fiction and nonfiction.
Is history absolute? Is writing about the past an exact science, or is it more of a nebulous discipline open to different interpretations and points of view? These are important questions that noted historian...
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
History’s greatest tour guide, Ian Mortimer, takes us on an eye-opening and expansive journey through the last millennium of human innovation.
In Millennium, bestselling historian Ian Mortimer takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. It is a journey...
Zeiten der Erkenntnis
Wie uns die großen historischen Veränderungen bis heute prägen
Language: German
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Welches der vergangenen zehn Jahrhunderte hat die größten Veränderungen erlebt, welches hat uns als Menschheit am weitesten vorangebracht? Mit dieser Frage beginnt Ian Mortimer seine Reise durch die Geschichte des europäischen Westens, vom 11. Jahrhundert bis heute. War es das 15. Jahrhundert...
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
A look at the brutal, brilliant fourteenth-century ruler, by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England.
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....
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
From an award-winning historian: “A new and convincing likeness of medieval England’s most iconic king” (The Sunday Times).
This biography by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England takes an insightful look at the life of Henry V, casting new light on...
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time” (The Times, London).
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...
Il libro dei secoli
Mille anni di storia e innovazioni
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 17, 2015
La storia dell’umanità è costellata di avvenimenti in continuo mutamento e di punti di svolta epocali: i viaggi di Colombo, le novantacinque tesi di Lutero, l’invenzione della stampa, la Rivoluzione francese o lo scoppio della bomba atomica non sono che pochi esempi degli eventi che hanno marcato...
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England
A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
The past is a foreign country.
This is your guidebook.
A time machine has just transported you back to the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? 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? And more...
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
**The past is another country – this is your guidebook, from nationally bestselling author of *The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England. ***
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....
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
The author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England takes you through the world of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I
From the author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England, this popular history explores daily life in Queen Elizabeth’s England, taking us inside the homes...
Im Mittelalter
Handbuch für Zeitreisende
Language: German
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten in der Zeit reisen: Was würden Sie vorfinden, wenn Sie ins 14. Jahrhundert zurückgehen? Was würden Sie sehen, schmecken und hören? Wo würden Sie übernachten? Ian Mortimers große Erzählung über das mittelalterliche England eröffnet uns einen völlig neuen...
by Ian Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
From the author described by the London Times as "the most remarkable historian of our time” comes a stunning, high-concept time-travel adventure that is perfect for fans of S. J. Parris and Kate Mosse.
December 1348. What if you had just six days to save your soul?
With the country...
漫遊伊莉莎白女皇的英格蘭：養馬比養跑車還貴、環遊世界比上太空還危險、買棟房子比買群羊還容易，讓你意想不到的英國古代史
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England
Language: Chinese
Release Date: May 18, 2018
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