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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
" ... this popular history explores daily life in Queen Elizabeth's England, taking us inside the homes and minds of ordinary citizens as well as luminaries of the period, including Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Drake. Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, Mortimer relates in delightful (and occasionally disturbing) detail everything from the sounds and smells of sixteenth-century England...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author shows everyday life for people living in late 17th century Britain.
An up-close-and-personal look at Britain between the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and the end of the century delves into the nuances of daily life to paint a vibrant and detailed picture of society at the dawn of the modern world. By the author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England.
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