(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best english travel guides

I that case you might be interested in the following books:

• Barbard Tuchman's A distant mirror. The best book on medieval history I think I've ever read.
  
• A time traveller's guide to medieval England by Ian Mortimer
  
• Agincourt by Juliet Barker
  
  

I swear I thought Sexy Rexy was going to be a dinosaur when I clicked the picture.

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ah. it was paris/London specifically not Europe.

http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Paris-95-Day/dp/0764598937
http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-London-Day-Donald-Olson/dp/0471747025

but both are old books


er wait here it is. but from 2004
http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Europe-85-Day/dp/0764568906/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369661824&sr=8-2&keywords=frommers+Europe


They probably just don't put the dollar figure in the title anymore!

What part of "of or relating to the country" do you not understand? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rural-London-Discover-Citys-Country/dp/1782437533

https://www.amazon.co.uk/London-Street-Atlas-Z/dp/1843488833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478161359&sr=8-1&keywords=london+a-z

Lanesbourgh Hotel, Fortnum and Mason, and Harrods all have afternoon teas. I've used this book before but i suspect there are more updated websites now.

Tea in the City: London https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966347889/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BdfdAbQJ1A4D8

I'm reading the book Culture Shock! London: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. It has all the practical information you need. I learned to keep to the left while walking.

Alot of these questions are actually brought up in the book Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England. According to that author, the OP's cynicism (as previously mentioned) is true-ish. If I remember correctly, his findings showed that childhood-young adulthood mortality was the issue. Basically, if you were going to die, you had like a 60% chance of it before you were 20. Once you crossed that mortal Rubicon, you would probably live to your 40's-50s.