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  • 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 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $12.99 USD 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

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $12.99 USD 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

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England

    A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    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 important, where will you stay?The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England is not your typical look at a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    The author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England takes you through the world of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth IFrom 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 and minds of ordinary citizens as well as luminaries of the period, including Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Greatest Traitor

    The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327–1330

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    "A compelling page-turner" about the medieval English baron who invaded his own country and deposed a king (Alison Weir, New York Times–bestselling author of Queen Isabella).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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    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. How would you find your way around? Where would you stay? What would you wear? Where might you be suspected of witchcraft? Where would you be welcome? This is an up-close-and-personal look at Britain between the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Millennium

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    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 into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change.We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Outcasts of Time

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    December 1348. What if you had just six days to save your soul? With the country in the grip of the Black Death, brothers John and William fear that they will shortly die and suffer in the afterlife. But as the end draws near, they are given an unexpected choice: either to go home and spend their last six days in their familiar world, or to search for salvation across the forthcoming centuries, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Edward III

    The Perfect King

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    Narrated by Alex Wyndham ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 32 min

    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 who ordered his uncle beheaded. A brutal man, to be sure, but also a brilliant one.Noted historian Ian Mortimer offers us the first ... Read more

    $23.99 USD