The Time Traveller's Guide to
Elizabethan England

UK Editions

The first edition of the book was published by The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House (UK), on 1 March 2012 (ISBN: 9781847921147). The total number of hardback copies printed and distributed was 18,230. It reached no. 5 on the Sunday Times hardback non-fiction chart in early April 2012. An ebook edition was produced simultaneously by Vigital Digital (ISBN: 9781409029564).

The UK audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady, was published by WH Howes/Whole Story Audiobooks on 1 March 2012. See audiobooks page for details.

A large-print edition was published in both hardback (ISBN: 9781471311260) and paperback (ISBN: 9781471311277) by Windsor Paragon in 2012.

The first paperback edition of the book was published by Vintage, an imprint of Random House (UK), on 7 March 2013 (ISBN: 9780099542070).

A new issue of the paperback was published by Vintage, an imprint of Random House (UK), on 21 October 2021 (ISBN: 9780099542070).

A multimedia ebook - The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: a Sensory Ride - with footage from the TV series, text from the book, more images and extra text about the senses in Elizabethan England, was published as an iPad app. by Apple, on 30 May 2013.

The Folio Society edition was published in 2018, with illustrations by Robert Venables.

Overseas Editions

The first American edition was published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin, on 27 June 2013 (ISBN: 9780670026074). An ebook was simultaneously produced by Penguin (ISBN: 9781101622780).

The American paperback edition was published by Penguin on 29 April 2014 (ISBN: 9780143125631).

The American audiobook, read by Mike Grady, was published by Recorded Books in 2015. See audiobooks page for details.

The Russian paperback edition was published by Eksmo in 2016 (ISBN: 9785699843114).

The Japanese hardback edition was published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha in 2017 (ISBN: 9784309227054).

The Complex Chinese (Taiwan) paperback edition was published by the China Publishing Co. on 22 May 2018 (ISBN: 9789571373638).

The German hardback edition, translated by Karin Schuler, was published as Shakespeares Welt: So lebten, liebten und litten die Menschen im 16. Jahrhundertby Piper Verlag on 3 August 2020 (ISBN: 9783492059435).

The Simlified Chinese edition will be published by the Commercial Press, Beijing.