ISBN10: 0099542072, ISBN13: 9780099542070, [publisher: Random House UK Ltd Mrz 2013] Softcover Neuware
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ISBN10: 0099542072, ISBN13: 9780099542070, [publisher: Random House UK Ltd Mrz 2013] Softcover Neuware -'A fresh and funny book that wears its learning lightly' IndependentDiscover the era of William Shakespeare and Elizabeth I through the sharp, informative and hilarious eyes of Ian Mortimer. 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 that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time In this book Ian Mortimer reveals a country in which life expectancy is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language, some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world.'Vivid trip back to the 16th century.highly entertaining book' Guardian 420 pp. Englisch
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ISBN10: 0099542072, ISBN13: 9780099542070, [publisher: Vintage Publishing, London] Softcover Paperback. From the author of one of the biggest-selling history books of recent years, the follow-up to The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England.The past is a foreign country - this is your guide, from the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe 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 that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time?In this book Ian Mortimer reveals a country in which life expectancy is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language, some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world.'Vivid trip back to the 16th century.highly entertaining book' Guardian The past is a foreign country - this is your guide, from the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to ...
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London Vintage 2013 Mass-market paperback New. B-format paperback. Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guides.

Vintage 2013 Mass-market paperback New We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign 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? This title reveals a country in which people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328. 2013. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

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ISBN10: 0099542072, ISBN13: 9780099542070, [publisher: Vintage Books] Softcover New
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Vintage 2013 Softcover New 432 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.10 inches.

London Random House 2013 Mass-market paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0099542072, ISBN13: 9780099542070, [publisher: Vintage Books] Softcover
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