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572 reviews for:
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Ian Mortimer
4.02 AVERAGE
572 reviews for:
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Ian Mortimer
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Reads like a heavily- researched love letter to and about the medieval people. So good. Bonus points for fistula surgery drawing.
informative
medium-paced
funny
informative
This book was not what I expected, but nonetheless brilliant. It was evident that a painstaking amount of research went toward the stories told and pictures painted in this work. All points of interest were hit on and given thorough thought. The audiobook was beautifully performed by Jonathan Keeble, a classic, eloquent, British voice. This book reminds readers to not too strictly apply modern standards to details of the past when time travelling through history. Be a good time traveller and learn with empathy and context.
funny
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
funny
informative
medium-paced
Readable, well-categorized overview of life in fourteenth-century England.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Pandemic/Epidemic
None of the above are particularly graphic or problematic but the text does at various points touch on them as part of people's lives in the fourteenth century.
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
It would’ve been 5 stars but I didn’t get to write my own medieval inspired novel afterwards.
An amazing book that answers all of the small questions -- what do people do for fun, what do people eat, how much for a box of nails, &. -- one might have about medieval England that other history books skip over.