London. A Fourteenth - Century City and Its People. A Trip to Medieval London with Kathryn Warner

I am thrilled to announce that hsitorian Kathryn Warner's insightful new book, London. A Fourteenth-Century City and Its People, is out from Pen and Sword History. This book is a road map for all of us who seek to learn more about life in London from 1300 to 1350. It is going to provide us with such useful information as different diseases (we are unfamiliar with today), jobs and occupations no longer existant, pastimes the Londoners enjoyed, the fate of the drunkards and disorderly, prices of renting houses and accomodation and dozen of other aspects of life. 

"Using a rich variety of important sources that provide first-hand accounts of everyday life and personal interactions between loved ones, friends, foreigners and foes alike, such as the Assize of Nuisance, Coroners’ Rolls, wills, household accounts, inquisitions post mortem and many more, this chronicle begins at the start of the fourteenth century and works its way up to the first mass outbreak of the Black Death at the end of the 1340s. It is a narrative that builds a vivid, multi-layered picture of London’s inhabitants who lived in one of the most turbulent and exciting periods in European history".

Kathryn Warner is an author of the biographies of Edward II and Richard II and several other books on British royalty we highly recommend. You can find them here: Pen and Sword Books: London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People - Hardback (pen-and-sword.co.uk)

Kathryn has two freee copies of her latest book to give away to readers. Deadline is 20 July. For further information check Kathryn's blog here: 

Edward II: Book Giveaway: Fourteenth-Century London (edwardthesecond.blogspot.com)