{"id":4433,"date":"2022-10-07T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?page_id=4433"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:13:27","slug":"the-time-travellers-guide-to-elizabethan-england","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/book-reviews\/the-time-travellers-guide-to-elizabethan-england\/","title":{"rendered":"The Time Traveller&#8217;s Guide to Elizabethan England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Time-Travellers-Guide-to-Elizabethan-England.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Time-Travellers-Guide-to-Elizabethan-England.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a>The Time Traveller&#8217;s Guide to Elizabethan England<\/em>, by Ian Mortimer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The clue is in the title. This is a fascinating and well researched read about everyday life in Elizabethan England, with the conceit that it\u2019s aimed at anyone who might be thinking of travelling back there, not just describing things but drawing attention to the differences and dangers of assuming you will just fit in. The kind of thing any sf author ought to bear in mind, in fact. My favourite bit: the formula for a popular perfume that anyone can make at home, which \u201cprovided your breath be not too valiant\u201d will have you smelling \u201csweet as any lady\u2019s dog.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Time Traveller&#8217;s Guide to Elizabethan England, by Ian Mortimer The clue is in the title. This is a fascinating and well researched read about everyday life in Elizabethan England, with the conceit that it\u2019s aimed at anyone who might &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/book-reviews\/the-time-travellers-guide-to-elizabethan-england\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4433","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4503,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4433\/revisions\/4503"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}