The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

4.02 AVERAGE

derrinnearley's review against another edition

3.5
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jesuu__'s review against another edition

4.0
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jess_cott's review against another edition

4.0
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mariam_ahmed's review against another edition

4.0
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izzylmcdonald's review against another edition

5.0
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Maybe my favorite book ever. Truly made me fall back in love with history. Unmatched. 

megegghan's review against another edition

3.0
A short and easy to read 'history' book that throws a series of factoids at you - nearly impossible to retain this information but gave me a good feeling for the vibe of this century. I'd like to read the other books in this series.
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oofym's review against another edition

4.0
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This was definitely a more enjoyable reading experience than your average history book. Some parts of this book, where Mortimer really tries to put you in the time and place he's describing are excellent; easily the funnest parts of the book. However there are also parts where it considerably drags, long lists of the inventory of a person's house, pages of descriptions of furniture and etc.
Apart from that one complaint (And Mortimer having the hugest Literary crush on Geoffrey Chaucer I've ever seen) this was a great and informative read.

I think this quote towards the end really sums up the authors intentions and what you'll get out of reading this:
"Everything changes. What does not change? Only that these people, like us, are human and have urges, needs and challenges, and that these are continually shifting. If we really want to understand what humanity is, and how adaptable we are, we must see ourselves as a constantly living, evolving race - always on the very cusp of a vast and unimaginable future, whether we live in the 14th century or the 21st"

morganboyer's review against another edition

4.0
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mjdurbahn's review against another edition

4.0
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el_bez's review against another edition

4.5
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