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  • Through the Windows of an Ordinary House: A History of England

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    A thousand years of history. One house. Countless lives. This is the extraordinary story of England told through one ordinary house – from the bestselling author of the acclaimed Time Traveller’s Guides.‘Endlessly fascinating … a must-read for history lovers everywhere’ TRACY BORMAN, author of The House of Boleyn‘An intimate portrait of a thousand-year sweep of England’s history … Intriguing and ... Læs mere

    215,17 kr.

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  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain

    Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    Serier serie Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
    The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II; Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music and Isaac Newton in science - the civil wars are over ... Læs mere

    111,85 kr.

  • Medieval Horizons

    Why the Middle Ages Matter

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the author of The Time Traveller's Guide series— " the most remarkable medieval historian of our time" ( The Times, UK).We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterized by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain

    The immersive and brilliant historical guide to Regency Britain

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    Serier serie Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
    'Excellent... Mortimer's erudition is formidable' The TimesA time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour...Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history - the Regency, or Georgian England.This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; Britain's military triumphs at ... Læs mere

    111,85 kr.

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

    A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    Serier serie Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
    The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there...Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, and hear, and smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? And how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague?In The Time Traveller's Guide... Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history ... Læs mere

    111,85 kr.

  • Henry IV: The Righteous King

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    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 unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow ... Læs mere

    84,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Henry V: The Warrior King of 1415

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    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 a period in history often held up as legend.A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by ... Læs mere

    104,49 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Mortimer's A to Zs of English History

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    From the bestselling author of the Time Traveller's GuidesIn these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods of English history: the fourteenth century, the Elizabethan age, the Restoration and the Regency.As he ranges from the Great Plague to the Great Freeze, from Armada to Austen, and from tobacco to toenails, he shines a light into corners of history ... Læs mere

    80,91 kr.

  • Edward III: The Perfect King

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    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. Revered as one of the country's most illustrious leaders for centuries, he was also a usurper and a warmonger ... Læs mere

    104,49 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    Serier serie Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
    The past is a foreign country - this is your guide.We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would ... Læs mere

    111,85 kr.

  • Medieval Intrigue

    Decoding Royal Conspiracies

    In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness of the Lancastrian claim to the throne in 1399 and the origins of the idea of the royal pretender. Central to this book is his ground-breaking approach to medieval evidence. He explains how an ... Læs mere

    122,27 kr.

  • The Perfect King

    The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

    af Ian Mortimer ...
    He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had, and three hundred years after his death it was said that his kingship was perhaps the greatest that the world had ever ... Læs mere

    129,07 kr.