The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (1st edition hardback in fair dust jacket) flat signed by the author
Language: English
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, 2012
Series: Book 2 of 4 - Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, United KingdomThe Spoken Word
AbeBooks seller since May 11, 2012
Condition: Used - Good
£ 27.99
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd in 2012, here is the first hardback printing of Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England flat signed by Ian in black ink to the full title page. Black cloth binding, silver spine lettering, 420 pages plus colour illustrations the book is in good condition with some light marking to the cloth covered boards and some bumping to the edges and corners plus, the name of a previous owner inked to the reverse of the half title page. The dust jacket is fair with chipping, creasing rubbing and some smallish tears to the corners. The book is extremely heavy and therefore additional postage MUST be applied to areas OUTSIDE the UK only, as follows: Europe/ Rest of the World £5. UK postage is as quoted.
Seller Inventory # 15638
- Title
- The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (1st edition hardback in fair dust jacket) flat signed by the author
- Author
- Mortimer, Ian
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1847921140
- ISBN 13
- 9781847921147
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.2 kilograms
- Series
- Book 2 of 4: Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
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 Jonson and William Shakespeare. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time?
In this book Ian Mortimer answers the key questions that a prospective traveller to late sixteenth-century England would ask. Applying the groundbreaking approach he pioneered in his bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, the Elizabethan world unfolds around the reader.
He shows a society making great discoveries and winning military victories and yet at the same time being troubled by its new-found awareness. It is a country in which life expectancy at birth is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language and some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
The Spoken Word
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 11, 2012
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 43.98 | £ 57.98 |
Payment methods
- Paypal
Store description
Eclectic mixture of books, specialising in Art, Philosophy, History and signed books.
Specialty
Military History, Academic, Art, Illustrated Books, Photography, Comic Fantasy, General Interest, History, AntiquarianSeller's business information
The Spoken Word
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Payment accepted - Paypal and credit cards only
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Orders usually shipped within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.