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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England / Ian Mortimer
4.25 stars

This is nonfiction. The “time traveller” in the title is the reader; the “guide” is, of course, the book. The book takes us back in time to 14th century England, and walks us through, telling about the places (countryside, cities, towns), the people (classes of people), what they wore, what they ate, how they travelled and where they might stay (inns, people’s houses, which of course are different depending on the person’s wealth and rank). Basics like languages, the calendar and time, money and measurements. There are chapters and health and hygiene, as well as the law and what people did. Some things changed between the early and late 1300s and some of this is described, as well.

I found this so interesting. There is so much detail to immerse you into this time and place in people’s daily lives. And I do like the way it’s set up, with the reader “time travelling” here. I feel like this is the setting for (or at least bits and pieces are) many role-playing games, as well as much fantasy, whether on purpose or not. It turns out this is a series! I will definitely be continuing.

I really enjoyed this - glad you liked it as well! I definitely want to pick up some of the other books in the series, though I'm not sure when I'll get to them.

forsanolim wrote: "I really enjoyed this - glad you liked it as well! I definitely want to pick up some of the other books in the series, though I'm not sure when I'll get to them."

Yeah, it can sometimes take me a while before I get to the next in a series, as well.

Ooh. Didn't know it was a series. will check that out. Thanks for your nice review!