The Time Traveller's Guide 3 Books Collection Set by Ian Mortimer - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage

Overview
Step into England's past with this paperback collection of three acclaimed volumes from historian Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide series. Rather than a dry parade of kings, dates, and battles, each book works like a practical travel guide, walking you through what it actually felt like to eat, dress, work, worship, and travel across three transformative centuries. From muddy medieval lanes to Elizabethan sea ports and Restoration coffeehouses, Mortimer draws on diaries, court records, and household accounts to reconstruct daily life with striking, sensory detail. It's history you can practically smell, hear, and taste.

About the Books
This three-book set gathers Ian Mortimer's celebrated works of narrative history, each built around the same premise: what would you actually need to know if you could travel back in time? The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England reconstructs fourteenth-century life from the ground up, covering everything from etiquette at a lord's table to the dangers lurking on the road between towns. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England shifts to the age of Shakespeare and Drake, exploring how ordinary Elizabethans navigated plague, exploration, and a rapidly changing social order. The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain closes the trilogy after the English Civil War, when theatres reopened, science flourished under the Royal Society, and London rebuilt itself after fire and plague. Across all three, Mortimer resists simply listing facts. Instead he builds scenes: a market stall, a sickroom, a tavern, a ship's deck, letting readers feel the textures of everyday existence rather than just memorize its outline. He is candid about the discomforts and dangers of each era, from poor sanitation to precarious law enforcement, while also capturing genuine moments of wonder and resilience. The result rewards both newcomers to social history and readers who already know the political timelines but want to understand how people actually lived through them, one meal, one journey, and one household at a time.

Key Benefits

• Covers three pivotal eras of English history in one paperback collection
• Written by respected British historian Ian Mortimer
• Focuses on everyday life, not just kings, wars, and politics
• Accessible, narrative style makes complex history easy to follow
• Ideal gift for history buffs, students, and curious general readers
• Great addition to a home library or classroom reading shelf

Book-by-Book Guide
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England — A practical, ground-level tour of fourteenth-century life, from food and clothing to law and travel.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England — Explores the age of Shakespeare and Elizabeth I through the everyday realities of ordinary people.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain — Follows England's recovery after civil war and plague, into an era of new science, theatre, and city life.

About the Author
Ian Mortimer is a British historian and the author of the Time Traveller's Guide series, which reimagines historical periods as immersive, practical handbooks for the modern reader. He holds a doctorate in history and has written extensively on medieval and early modern England, blending archival research with a storyteller's eye for detail. Mortimer's approach favors lived experience over political chronology, drawing on diaries, court records, and household accounts to recreate daily life with unusual immediacy. His books have introduced many readers to social history who might otherwise find traditional history writing inaccessible.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This collection turns history into an experience you can practically step inside, perfect for curious readers, students, and gift-giving. Whether it's a birthday present for a history-loving parent, a thoughtful addition to a classroom library, or simply a satisfying summer reading project, these three guides deliver depth without ever feeling like homework.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.