Everyday Life In...: Renaissance England: From 1485-1649
Feeling a bit elf-shot these days? Perusing this recent addition to the Writers Digests Writers Guide history series will take your mind off such troubles. It has information on everything from Shakespearean-era postal systems to waterways to holidays to diets; it also defines contemporaneous lingo like the aforementioned supernatural malady. Its the next best thing to a time machine.