[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-3693-EN":3},{"pk":4,"title":5,"news_id":6,"permalink":7,"summary":8,"tile_image":9,"ex_artist":10,"ex_news":10,"images":11,"posted":26,"published":27,"tags":28,"body":29},"news","The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England",3693,"\u002Fnews\u002F3693\u002Fthe_time_travellers_guide_to_medieval_england","Out now in hardback, is this beautifully illustrated book by pastiche artist \u003Ca href=\"\u002FBobVenables\">Bob Venables\u003C\u002Fa> and written by Ian Mortimer","blog_3693_636718287273996625.png",false,[12,14,17,20,23],{"alt":13,"filename":9},"Book Cover Design By Bob Venables",{"alt":15,"filename":16},"Woodcut drawing of people in the street","blog_3693_636718287794841878.jpg",{"alt":18,"filename":19},"Pastiche illustration of family having food","blog_3693_636718287976393290.jpg",{"alt":21,"filename":22},"Woodcut illustration of musicians","blog_3693_636718288151465133.jpg",{"alt":24,"filename":25},"Vintage artwork for stage performance","blog_3693_636718288279799042.png","2018-09-06T11:00:00#3693","2018-09-06T11:00:00","#books#pastiche#book cover#the folio society#bob venables#","\u003Cp>Commissioned by The Folio Society this book explores in a frank, learned and funny manner what it was like to live in the middle-ages, Bob's woodcut images compliment the text throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>The Folio Society tell us a bit more about the commission:\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Having previously illustrated The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, talented artist Robert Venables applies his inimitable style to this edition, creating a series of character-led illustrations in the style of Elizabethan woodcuts. The gold-blocked binding design – also by Venables – shows a scene of Elizabethan musicians and dancers, while the cloth-bound cover features gold-foil blockwork, the gold replicated in motifs on the endpapers. Our designers selected Blackmoor for the display typeface; a font based on the style of old English signage\u003C\u002Fp>"]