 Dr Ian Mortimer at Wistman's Wood, Devon | | 5,478 (5,559) | 172 | 3,880 |  (3.97) | 7 | 0 | Dr. Ian Mortimer is best known as the author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England, which were both national bestsellers. He was awarded the Alexander Prize by the Royal Historical Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He latest novel is the acclaimed The Outcasts of Time Please visit his website at www.ianmortimer.com. — biography from The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to the Seventeenth Century: 1660-1699 … (more) |
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Ian Mortimer has 2 past events. (show)  Shakespeare Festival Reads: The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England Join us for a reading group discussion of The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer! Left Bank Books Using diaries, letters, books, and other writings of the day, Mortimer offers a masterful portrait of daily life in Elizabethan England, re-creating the sights, sounds, and customs of the sixteenth century from the perspective of both peasants and royals.
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Location: Street: Left Bank Books Additional: 399 N. Euclid Ave. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63108 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Writer of the month : An A-Z of interesting things about Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer May's Writer of the Month will be Ian Mortimer, on 14 May 2013 at 14:00. Ian Mortimer started his career as a poet, then qualified as an archivist and later became a historian and a novelist. Between 1991 and 2003 he worked for a succession of archive and historical research organisations, including Devon Record Office, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and the universities of Exeter and Reading. He has BA, PhD and DLitt degrees from the University of Exeter, an MA from UCL, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998, and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine. Among the eight history books he has published to date are the two bestselling Time Traveller's Guides: the medieval version has now sold almost 200,000 copies in the UK and the Elizabethan version, which reached number five on the Sunday Times non-fiction top ten, is about to become a BBC Two series. Ian also is a keen advocate of the public importance of history, and is currently a Secretary of State appointee to Dartmoor National Park Authority, a Member of the Lord Chancellor's Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research, and a Member of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Exeter Cathedral. Tickets are free of charge. Email writerofthemonth@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk to book your place now. (Cynfelyn)… (more)
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