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  • Medieval Horizons

    Why the Middle Ages Matter

    by 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 ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Edward III: The Perfect King

    by 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 ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry V: The Warrior King of 1415

    by 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 ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Isn't History?

    Selected Articles and Speeches on Writing History and Historical Fiction

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    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 Ian Mortimer says all serious writers of history must reflect on.This new collection explores those ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

    A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    Series series 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain

    The immersive and brilliant historical guide to Regency Britain

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    Series series 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Henry IV: The Righteous King

    by 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 ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Perfect King

    The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

    by 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England Brain Shot

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    The past is a foreign country: t****his is your guidebook.Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? Should you go to a castle or a monastic guesthouse? And what are you going to eat? What sort of food are you going to be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord?This ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Greatest Traitor

    The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    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. A year later, as lovers, they returned with an invading army: King Edward II's forces crumbled ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Medieval Horizons

    Why the Middle Ages Matter

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuries created the modern world.We ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his pietyand his rigorous application of justice, he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be thought of as 'the greatest man who ever ruled England?'In Ian Mortimer's groundbreaking book, he ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD