I saw a post idea suggesting to do an introduction to a specific genre, author, etc. As a result, over the next three days (including today), I'll be giving some introductions to the genres I personally read.
I didn't want to a Wikipedia-style post since you can easily find Wikipedia posts on each of these genres. As a result, I decided to present things that you should know going into the genre. I hope you enjoy these posts over the next 3 days.
Here are 6 things you should know about the history genre.
1: You may not like what's being written, but that doesn't make the book "bad" history.
2: A lot of what you read in history books isn't taught in history classes.
3: Two or more books on the same topic won't be exactly the same as each other.
4: Biographies on historical people may not be able to cover the person's entire life.
5: A book can have different perspectives on the history of a place depending on what the book focuses on (century, who's in charge at a specific time, etc.).
6: If the book covers a wide area of land, it won't be able to cover every single piece of history.
