Writing style
Conversational · Descriptive · Direct
Apple BooksThe time traveler's guide to medieval England
History
- Print length
- 341 pagesBodley Head, 2008
Description
Ian Mortimer presents fourteenth-century England through the playful framework of a travel guide written for a modern visitor. Instead of treating the past only as a sequence of major events, the book concentrates on what it might feel like to arrive there: how people live, work, travel, eat, dress, worship, seek help, and understand their surroundings. This direct-address approach makes social customs and practical dangers easier to imagine while keeping historical explanation at the center. The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England is therefore both an introduction to the period and an invitation to consider medieval people through the texture of everyday experience.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Earnest · Humorous · Intimate · Playful
Structure
Reference
Focus
Ideas · Information · World
Emotional intensity
2 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 3 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
More by Ian Mortimer
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780224079945
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