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The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain

By: Ian Mortimer
Narrated by: Greg Wagland
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If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history.

It's the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London, bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II, Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music and Isaac Newton in science. In The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain, Ian Mortimer answers the crucial questions that a prospective traveller to 17th-century Britain would ask.

©2017 Ian Mortimer (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd 17th Century Europe Great Britain Modern England Thought-Provoking Middle Ages Royalty

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Critic reviews

"Ian Mortimer is a historical truffle hound.... Brimming with such gems, his book is a delightful read." ( Sunday Times)
"Ian Mortimer manages to inform and delight in equal measure." ( Bookseller)
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Excellent book. Very well read. Very interesting for history fans. More by this author please.

Excellent.

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full of discoveries about the lives of people during this interesting period of British history. I would have preferred a somewhat shorter version.

very interesting visit to reformation Britain.

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if you're a fan of Mortimer's other works Restoration is a keeper. You may dip in and out of focus however.

Marvelous time filler, soft spoken and intriguing.

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Fascinating guide and for once the narration was as good as the book. No appalling mispronunciatoons to spoil it unlike a great many factual audio books. Thoroughly enjoyable.

fascinating guide.

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Ian Mortimer always makes me wonder how I would cope with life in the period he is writing about. Dealing with the day to day humdrum of life, making ends meet and finding pleasure where you can.
Talking about the small people makes the period so real.

Informative and entertaining as always

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Brilliant insight into what life was like.
At times horrific and barbaric, but totally fascinating throughout.

Outstanding!

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Don’t speed this up, but enjoy this wonderfully engrossing book read with impeccable delivery. Superb.

Beautifully paced and read

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I’ve enjoyed this whole series. Full of historical facts and well read, I could almost smell the streets, markets and hear the music.

Unlike a lot of other historical works these books are not ‘dry’ and make historical learning fun!

Back in time....

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A fascinating well written, brilliantly researched and superbly read piece of social history. Obviously skewed in a metro centric manner given the sources but non the less a lively and vibrant account of life in Restoration England. Far better than the Guide to Elizabethan Britain which was less enjoyable due to the turgid narration but certainly on a par with the guide to Medieval Britain.

Holiday without leaving home

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This was an interesting book that displays facts in an entertaining way. If, like me, you're a fan of history but not so passionate about it that you read every single dry piece of research you can find then you'll probably enjoy this book.

Interesting and entertaining

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