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."