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Introduction to the Bookshop

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Ordering From This Site

Ordering the book of your choice is simple and straightforward. Placing your cursor on an individual title will reveal a Preview panel giving the current price, average customer rating and access to the Amazon Shopping Basket. For more product information click on the title to go to the full Amazon page, from where you can also make a purchase. Use your back button to return to History Unlimited — your Shopping Basket will keep your selection until you return to the Amazon site (so long as you have cookies enabled). Use the Amazon Search Boxes for titles that are not included in our selection.

Important Information

· Amazon prices are typically between 10% and 30% off list. Single orders of over £15.00 in value are usually eligible for free delivery in the UK.

· Most orders will be dispatched within 2-3 days, but please refer to the Amazon page for delivery details for individual books.

· If a book is temporarily out of stock it is possible to pre-order. You will be informed by e-mail when the item becomes available. Where stocks are likely to be exhausted for some time, you may be referred to an alternative vendor.

· Wherever possible we have sourced paperback editions of our featured titles. Be sure to check the publishing details provided on the Amazon site.

· Please note that the publishers are not party to or responsible for any purchases made from Amazon as a result of visiting the History Unlimited site. Transactions are between the purchaser and Amazon, and Amazon will be responsible for all aspects of fulfilment of your order. Any queries on orders should be sent directly to Amazon via their web site. The publishers of History Unlimited will not have access to your personal or payment details.

· We have made every effort to provide accurate information, but purchasers are strongly advised to check the details provided on the Amazon site before ordering.

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Bookshop Content

The History Unlimited Bookshop has been compiled from the volumes that sit on the bookshelves of our contributors, from books remembered, books lost but not forgotten and books lent out and never returned. The result is an eclectic selection that, nevertheless, covers in lesser or greater detail the span of the human history of the western world. Our taste tends towards the narrative style of historical writing that now seems to be returning into fashion and our listings include many milestones of historiography. We are conscious that the interpretation of history is continually evolving but make no apology for including classic titles by some of the best historians of their generation which may not be regarded as totally current by purists. The principle criterion for inclusion is, in most cases, literary quality, and here you will find works by classical authors, by great writers of the 18th and 19th Centuries, by such recent luminaries as MT Clanchy, AJP Taylor, Asa Briggs, MH Keen, GM Trevelyan, Roy Porter, and Elie Halevy, and by modern authors of the stamp of Christopher Hibbert and Antony Beevor.
It will not take supernatural powers of observation to realise that there is considerable duplication in the coverage of many periods. All important historical writing is revisionist and subjective, and all writers, whatever their period, will choose their own points of focus. The wider the reading, the more the reader will be exposed to differing perspectives and opinions, and the better will he/she be able to form their own view of whatever passes for historical reality.

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Bookshop Organisation

The Bookshop is divided into a number of categories (see Navigation Bar at top of page) which we hope will make browsing easier. It is, however, important to note that history is not easily compartmentalised and that there is often considerable overlap between periods and geographical categories. Where it has seemed appropriate, pages have been divided into sub-categories that hopefully bring greater clarity to the organisation of featured titles. Each section is prefaced by an editorial gloss that summarises the general thrust of the selection. Inevitably these glosses tend to become longer and more detailed as the site progresses: in the words of AJP Taylor, ‘History gets thicker as it approaches recent times’. The glosses are intended purely as a preamble to our selections, not as a shorthand guide to world history.

Titles are listed in what seems to us the most logical order for their particular category. In most cases the titles follow the rough chronological sequence of the events they describe, with works that provide a general introduction heading the list in many cases. Our intention is that, wherever possible, the themes and stories should unfold through the titles and reviews. Where content is self-evident our reviews tend towards brevity; key subjects and events are given the space we feel they deserve.

For the time being our Bookshop is centred mainly on Western Europe and the Middle East. Within Western Europe the British Isles are given considerable weight, firstly because of the likely interests of an English speaking readership, secondly because a British perspective often provides an ‘outsider’ overview of much of European history. And within the British Isles our ‘England’ page offers the greatest number of titles because England, especially after the Norman Conquest, is the nexus that connects the affairs of Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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