An entertaining, accessible guide to Elizabethan England--the latest
in the Time Traveler's Guide series
Acclaimed historian Ian Mortimer shows readers that the past is not just
something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. 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. Through this lens, we can begin
to understand Queen Elizabeth's subjects not only as a people profoundly
shaped by the time in which they lived, but also as the people who
shaped the world we know and the people we are today.