Ian Mortimer

An A – Z of English History

 

Ian Mortimer, author of the bestselling Time’s Travellers Guides, presents an A-Z of English history – ranging from architecture and the class system to the importance of speed and ideas of ‘progress’, from the benefits of literacy to the virtues of the English. In so doing he shines a light into fascinating and meaningful corners of history, some of which sad and others surprisingly funny.

Book cover:
Man in white shirt and vest sits at a wooden table, hands clasped. In a dimly lit interior.

Bio

Dr. Ian Mortimer (born 1967) is a acclaimed British historian, novelist, and qualified archivist renowned for the Time Traveller’s Guide series. Holding a PhD and DLitt from Exeter, he specializes in innovative, accessible social history and late-medieval biography, described by The Times as “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time”.