The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain Quotes

“A riot in Mexico on 10 December 1826 is reported in a Philadelphia newspaper on 10 February 1827 and announced in a London paper, The Courier, on 10 March. In other words, the story takes two months to travel 2,500 miles across America and then one month to cross the 3,500 miles by sea to London.”
― Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830

“He does have some positive virtues but they are so heavily outweighed by the negative aspects of his character that to give them priority would be disrespectful to anyone who is forced to put up with him.”
― Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830

“Those seeking sexual thrills will find women of affordable virtue”
― Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789–1830