Ian Mortimer's 2008 popular history of medieval England structured as a travel guide — presenting medieval life in the 14th century (diet, medicine, social hierarchy, clothing, religion) as if the reader were visiting — one of the most original and successful popular history formats of recent decades.
Creates a genuinely immersive experience of medieval daily life — Mortimer's travel guide format (what to eat, how to dress, what diseases to fear, how to address people of different social ranks) makes the 14th century feel viscerally present in a way that conventional narrative history cannot achieve.
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