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Ian Mortimer the fine art printer is a different person. - The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for… 1,960 copies, 69 reviews
- The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England 573 copies, 15 reviews
- The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation 350 copies, 5 reviews
- The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England… 272 copies, 4 reviews
- The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King 161 copies, 4 reviews
- The Outcasts of Time 121 copies, 16 reviews
- The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain: A Handbook for… 117 copies, 2 reviews
- 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory 112 copies, 4 reviews
- Centuries of Change: Which Century Saw The Most Change? 89 copies, 4 reviews
- Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies 85 copies, 1 review
- Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over… 39 copies, 1 review
- The Dying and the Doctors: The Medical Revolution in Seventeenth-Century… 11 copies
- Record Repositories in Great Britain 11 copies
- The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England Brain Shot (Abridged) 3 copies
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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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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Ian Mortimer is a historian and novelist. He holds four degrees (B.A., M.A., Ph. D. and D.Litt.); between 1991 and 2003 he worked for several archive and historical research organizations in the UK, including the universities of Exeter and Reading and the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. He also writes fiction under his middle names (James Forrester). He lives in a medieval house on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, SW England, with his wife, children, three cats, nine guitars and about six thousand books - and not enough time to read them, let along list them here.  | |
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