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1415: Henry V's Year of Glory by Ian Mortimer
30.00 NZD
Category: History
"Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice, he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be th ...Show more
Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer
30.00 NZD
Category: History
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science a ...Show more
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
29.00 NZD
Category: History
We think of Queen Elizabeth I as ‘Gloriana’: the most powerful English woman in history. We think of her reign (1558-1603) as a golden age of maritime heroes, like Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake, and of great writers, such as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jo ...Show more
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