The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain 1660-1700 (Time Traveller's Guides #3)
Ian Mortimer
4.21 · 14 ratings · Published: 11 Apr 2017
If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II — the civil wars are over and a magnificent new era has begun.
But what would it really be like to live in Restoration Britain? Where would you stay and what would you eat? How much should you pay for one of those elaborate wigs? Should you trust a physician who advises you to drink fresh cow’s urine to cure your gout? Why are boys made to smoke in school? And why are you unlikely to get a fair trial in court?
The third volume in the series of Ian Mortimer’s bestselling Time Traveller’s Guides answers these crucial questions and encourages us to reflect on the customs and practices of daily life. This unique guide not only teaches us about the seventeenth century but makes us look with fresh eyes at the modern world.
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The 'Time Traveller's Guides' series
68 ratings 4.09 ·- The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer Book #1
- Elisabethan England by Ian Mortimer Book #2
- The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain 1660-1700 by Ian Mortimer Book #3
- The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830 by Ian Mortimer Book #4
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