Ian Mortimer was educated at Eastbourne College, Exeter University and University College London. He has worked for several archival and historical research organisations, including Devon Record Office, Reading University, the Historical Manuscripts Commission and Exeter University. He is married with three children and lives on the edge of Dartmoor. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998 and his most recent book is The Greatest Traitor (published by Cape in 2003).
An excellent biography; entertaining as well as informative -- Allan Massie * Daily Telegraph * A fascinating portrait. At times, the reader seems almost able to reach across time and touch this man * The Economist * In producing this fine biography, Mortimer has succeeded magnificently, and has gone a long, long way towards restoring Edward III to his proper place as one of the great makers of this nation -- Alison Weir * Daily Mail * Ian Mortimer...has virtually single-handedly put medieval history back in the hands of ordinary readers, combining scrupulous research with a wonderfully iconoclastic approach to storytelling -- Dominic Sandbrook * Daily Telegraph *