The Outcasts of Time

Posted on 04 February 2018 by Ian Mortimer

December 1348 With the country in the grip of the Black Death, brothers John and William fear that they will shortly die and go to Hell But as the end draws near, they are given an unexpected choice either to go home and spend their last six days in their familiar world, or to search for salvation across the forthcoming centuries living each one of their remaining days ninety nine years after the last John and William choose the future and find themselves in 1447, ignorant of almost everything going on around them The year 1546 brings no comfort, and 1645 challenges them still further It is not just that technology is changing things they have taken for granted all their lives prove to be short lived As they find themselves in stranger and stranger times, the reader travels with them, seeing the world through their eyes as it shifts through disease, progress, enlightenment and war But their time is running out can they do something to redeem themselves before the six days are up Free Download The Outcasts of Time Author Ian Mortimer For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Two brothers end up being The Outcasts of Time Why Well, they were given a choice Either stay in the year of 1348, the time of the terrible Black Death plague in Europe, or live 6 individual days in a consecutive 99 year interval into the future So 1447, 1546, 1645 and so on With the plague around and the loss of all their family and friends, they have witnessed unbelievable wretches As it was during those days, they believe they are destined for Hell until they hear this voice that of Two brothers end up being The Outcasts of Time Why Well, they were given a choice Either stay in the year of 1348, the time of the terrible Black Death plague in Europe, or live 6 individual days in a consecutive 99 year interval into the future So 1447, 1546, 1645 and so on With the plague around and the loss of all their family and friends, they have witnessed unbelievable wretches As it was during those days, they believe they are destined for Hell until they hear this voice that offers them the choice The two brothers decide to go into the future What else is there to lose However, they don t figure out until later, that they each were actually assigned a different destiny As this novel moves through, the reader accompanie...Upon completion, first thought thank goddess for Kindle highlighting Not because the concepts were difficult to understand or follow but because they were so meaningful Ian Mortimer, as many know, is a wonderful historian, and he doesn t disappoint with this work The Outcasts of Time is indeed a work of fiction but is replete with very specific historical detail These lush historical elements run through every avenue of this story Even though this story includes a time travel element, it i Upon completion, first thought thank goddess for Kindle highlight...If you were told you had but six days left to live and that you could spend them with your family or you could see what no living man has seen , what would you choose Such a choice was presented to John of Wrayment, in plague ridden 14th Century England, and he chose the latter.So starts this entertaining romp set in and around the city of Exeter, Devon The kicker to the choice he makes courtesy of an encounter with a disembodied voice is that each of his six days will be spaced 99 years af If you were told you had but six days left to live and that you could spend them with your family or you could see what no living man has seen , what would you choose Such a choice was presented to John of Wrayment, in plague ridden 14th Century England, and he chose the latter.So starts this entertaining romp set in and around the city of Exeter, Devon The kicker to the choice he makes courtesy of an encounter with a disembodied voice is that each of his six days will be spaced 99 years after the last Consequently, John awakes the following morning in the year 1447 Each day he is in the same spot or close to where he slept the night before but, as you can imagine, each time he encounters a very different world He is accompanied on this journey by his brother, William, who similarly heard a voice that fateful night The brothers were returning home after some time... I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.In depth race through history, under the guise of a novel.Once again, this was one of those books that I started, with no idea what to expect it s muchfun that way, isn t it At the start, my head was fully blown However, there were points in the middle when I was left scratching my head a little Allow me to explainThe book follows two brothers at the time of the plague I think it s 1300s , travelling I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.In depth race through history, under the guise of a novel.Once again, this was one of those books that I started, with no idea...DNF 40% Let me start by saying I love historical books Especially ones that teach me about things I may not have known or help to bring to light nuances that I had perhaps not thought of before However, writers absolutely must bring me into the time period in a way that is interesting and intriguing Telling me about tin mining, church state representation, clothing and the food is just dull PlotThe Outcasts of Time starts during the time of the Black Plague with two travelling brothers Th DNF 40% Let me start by saying I love histori...It is several weeks since I finished this book and I m still trying to decide what to make of it I found it by turns puzzling, frustrating, impressive, thought provoking, didactic and moving Positioned as historical fiction, at times it seemedlike social history, political treatise, fantasy or philosophical debate John s and William s journey is really a device to take the ...On the surface, Ian Mortimer s The Outcasts of Time has everything an historical novel should have It was full of sumptuous description, historical accuracy, and a well developed protagonist used to illustrate his own zeitgeist It is a shame then that no strength of writing could make up for the one thing that The Outcasts of Time was really lacking A plot.Within the first few pages, I was already worried that Ian Mortimer would go the way of so many historians ...This novel is beautiful in its prose, fascinating in its historical detail, and emotive in its themes on humanity and the passing of time I was first drawn in by the promise that renowned historian Ian Mortimer would be taking readers on an adventure through time Finding that this book does that while also making thought provoking statements on the human condition, I was helpless to put it down once I started it.The story of John of Wrayment and his brother begins in 1348 during a devastating This novel is beautiful in its prose, fascinating in its historical detail, and emotive in its themes on humanity and the passing of time I was first drawn in by the promise that renowned historian Ian Mortimer would be taking readers on an adventure through time Finding that this book does that while also making thought provoking statements on the human condition, I was helpless to put it down once I started it.The story of John of Wrayment and his brother begins in 1348 during a devastating outbreak of the plague One would think that any time might be preferable as an escape from the fate of man during that time, but such does not prove the case through John s eyes He sees the plague as a second Flood God is clearing the land Not with water but with pestilence Yet, he is evenhorrified by what he discovers when he accepts a supern...I took a few days to think about my reaction to this, as I didn t want to say anything without consideration But my gut reaction still stands the structure here is repetitive and boring, and as a time travel piece, it s dull and theologically didactic Once the narrative gets away from Mortimer s wheelhouse, even the detail and the events get rather sketchy and vague But th...All but a tiny portion of The Outcasts of Time was as wonderful as I imaged and hoped it would be I came to this book as a fan of historian Ian Mortimer s playful brand of everyday people s history, having read and loved The Time Traveller s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveller s Guide to Elizabethan England, so I was prepared to be entertained What I wasn t prepared for was the gentle way that Mortimer used his fiction was this really his first to challenge my perceptions our o All but a tiny portion of The Outcasts of Time was as wonderful as I i...

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04 February 2018

Ian Mortimer