Through the Windows of an Ordinary House: A History of England
$46.80
- Hardcover
356 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
This book tells the story of Mearsdon, the house where Ian Mortimer lives in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor. We very rarely have a continuous account of a particular place over a long stretch of history, but Mortimer has a documentary record of all the owners who lived there since the 1260s – although the origins of the building probably date back to the eleventh century.
Blending the broadest national history and the most intimate local events with a description of changin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847928160 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847928161 |
| Author: | Ian Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Ian Mortimer
Dr Ian Mortimer
Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the Time Traveller’s Guides to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009.
He lives with his wife and three children in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor.
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