Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
When: Friday 24 October 2025
Riverside Community Centre, Station Road, Bovey Tracey. TQ13 9AW
Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
Bovey Paradiso Arts in partnership with First Draft Books is delighted to host the launch of Ian Mortimer's lastest book Mortimer's A to Zs of English History.
Dr Ian Mortimer is best known as the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the four Time Traveller's Guides - to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain - as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, a prize-winning novel and several other titles. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. 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 has been described by The Times as 'the most remarkable medieval historian of our time'.
Ian Mortimer lives in Moretonhampstead, 7 miles north of Bovey Tracey, and has recently become a patron of Bovey Paradiso Arts. He is generously donating his time at this book launch in support of the Paradiso project.
This is a unique opportunity to hear from Ian as he introduces his new book and answers questions from the audience. Signed copies of his books will be available to purchase on the night with First Draft Books in attendance.
Tickets for the event are available to purchase now and will sell out.
Book now and don't miss out! Tickets are priced at £10 each. Doors will open at 6.45 and the event will start at 7.30. A licensed bar and light refreshments will be available.
Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
When I was promoting my Time Traveller's Guides to English History, I faced a problem. How do you compress so much vivid life into one hour-long talk? I eventually hit on the solution: an A to Z of interesting, surprising and informative things for each book. These A-to-Z talks were all entertaining and fun for me as well as the audiences, so I decided to return to the idea and rewrite each one for presentation in a stand-alone publication. Reading back over the four talks, it seemed a good idea to add a special fifth A-to-Z piece, describing what the whole experience of 'visiting' four different periods of the past had meant to me. For example, what had I learnt about Englishness in writing about my forebears in four different centuries? What had I learned about Progress, or the Imagination, and the Class system? The result is 104 things that you should know about the individual periods of English history - or which might amuse you, or which are simply fascinating - and 26 lessons I have learnt from the whole exercise.
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