{"product_id":"9781847928160","title":"Through the Windows of an Ordinary House","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Mearsdon, the house where Ian Mortimer lives in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor. We very rarely have a continuous account of a particular place over a long stretch of history, but Mortimer has a documentary record of all the owners who lived there since the 1260s - although the origins of the building probably date back to the eleventh century. Blending the broadest national history and the most intimate local events with a description of changing daily life from the Norman Conquest to the present day, Mortimer acquaints us with the people who passed through the house - from its first known owner, John the Palmer, to the folklore collector Charlie Laycock, who turned the house into a museum in the early twentieth century, to Mortimer's family living there today. And along the way he shows how national events affected a rural community in deepest Devon over a time span of 900 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Mortimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57282407825786,"sku":"9781847928160","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781847928160.jpg?v=1789738685","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.live\/products\/9781847928160","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}