The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Ian Mortimer manages to inform and delight in equal measure. * The Bookseller *
As Mortimer puts it, “sometimes the past will inspire you, sometimes it will make you weep”. What it won’t do, thanks to this enthralling book, is leave you unmoved * Mail on Sunday *
With Shakespeare on hand to give us extra insight into how Elizabethans saw themselves (and what they - often to our eyes inexplicably - found funny), and a society playing out its growing sense of self-awareness as it tiptoes to a modern age, the stage is set for a fresh and funny book that wears its learning lightly * Independent *
Mortimer brings the same depth and flair to the age of Shakespeare and the Virgin Queen. From dental hygiene to table manners, the findings fascinate - even if we don’t wish that we were there * Independent i *
Mortimer’s book has something for everyone… His curiosity is boundless and his profound scholarship is leavened by a sense of fun * Daily Express *
Entertaining history of the country’s landscape, people, religion, health and culture in the 16th century * The Times *
Ian Mortimer realistically describes the down-to-earth details of everyday living and stirring times in the England before and after the 1590s * Saga Magazine *
Fascinating account of everyday life in Elizabethan England. * PA syndicated review *
It is a magnificent social history, rich and scholarly, but with the verve and intrigue of a great novel. * Rory Clements *
Fascinatingly readable * Country Life *

Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, and numerous scholarly 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. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize (2004) and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He lives with his wife and three children in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor.

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