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Reply To: Sources for historicals: where, who, what?

April 30, 2021 at 1:12 pm #1641208

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It’s a bit of a non-question. It very much depends what period and how deep you want to go. Trusted publishers, well, Osprey are a starting point but some of their titles are outdated or simply poor quality. Helion are not bad, Pen &Sword on the whole ok, though some of it comes across as vanity publications. Karawansay are generally good.

If you really want decent information then my recommendation would be to join one of the recognised societies covering the periods you are interested in. I generally avoid summarised uniform encyclopedias as they are often based on dodgy secondary sources.