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The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
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If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history.
It's the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London, bawdy comedy and the libertine court of Charles II, Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music and Isaac Newton in science. In The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain, Ian Mortimer answers the crucial questions that a prospective traveller to 17th-century Britain would ask.
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- Lee
- 20-05-20
Back in time....
I’ve enjoyed this whole series. Full of historical facts and well read, I could almost smell the streets, markets and hear the music.
Unlike a lot of other historical works these books are not ‘dry’ and make historical learning fun!
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- Xavier Quill
- 13-08-18
Holiday without leaving home
A fascinating well written, brilliantly researched and superbly read piece of social history. Obviously skewed in a metro centric manner given the sources but non the less a lively and vibrant account of life in Restoration England. Far better than the Guide to Elizabethan Britain which was less enjoyable due to the turgid narration but certainly on a par with the guide to Medieval Britain.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-01-19
Terrific
Fantastic attention to detail. Beautly researched. Some of the Law and Order detail is a bit gory!
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- steve
- 19-01-19
Hardships
It's how it was, incredible
To imagine being there, to suffer the hardships, then to realise what a comfortable live most off us have
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- Michael Cartwright
- 24-01-23
Another great listen
Love all the books in this series. This is another great gem from Mr. Mortimer.
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- Jayne
- 10-07-23
Fascinating
Absolutely fascinating If only history was taught like this Ian Mortimer book. I have listened to this book for the second time now. Brilliant narrator Greg Wagland, In my opinion the best narrator for all Ian Mortimer books. I will listen to this again.
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- Mr David Kemp
- 04-11-21
An interesting spin on a history book
I definitely learnt new things and the way it was told, from a human perspective might help some of it to stick.
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- Kenny Gray
- 14-04-21
Brilliantly Researched
Witty, articulate, hugely informative.
Never gets boring or tedious.
Cannot recommend highly enough
Enjoy.
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- LAWRENCE WOODHOUSE
- 12-01-18
Superb listen
Daily life in the latter part of the ©17th.
I spent many late nights and early mornings listening to this superb book.
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- Victor Matthews
- 31-07-21
Interesting.
Although i found the subject matter interesting ,i will not listen or read other books in this series ,as there are so many classic novels i wish to read and listen to on Audible factual books will be read and listened to once in a while only.The narrator is excellent.
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