This study charts the adoption of medical strategies by the seriously ill and dying, decade by decade, from the Elizabethan age of astrological medicine to the emergence of the general practitioner i
Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness of the Lancastrian claim to
In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness
One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sail
December 1348. What if you had just six days to save your soul?With the country in the grip of the Black Death, brothers John and William fear that they will shortly die and suffer in the afterlife. B
Takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. This book tells a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of
It is said that the past is another country; therefore, the wise traveler begins with a comprehensive guide. That is the theory behind historian and author Mortimer's travelogue of fourteenth-century
‘Beautifully written and superbly executed’ Times'This clever and moving Faustian tale is packed with fascinating historical detail' Express From the author of the bestselling The Time Traveller's Gui
