(Ian Mortimer)Like our other look at this book, I enjoyed this. A comprehensive tour of 1300s England covers topics from what food you'll be able to find to what kind of furniture you'll be sitting on to how to stay out of trouble with the law. A few aspects I found tiresome - nobody has toilets; I get it - but on the whole this was extremely interesting. I did skip a few parts (the author's enthusiasm for fashion is commendable, but after a few pages of seeing how the doublet went under the superdoublet I checked out) but the material is almost always interesting and skillfully presented. May make you want to watch "Braveheart" again.
History Nerd Grade: A-
Normal Citizen Grade: B+
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