That Amazon meme

As seen...everywhere.

My first Amazon purchase (that I can find a record of, anyway) was R.R. Davies's The Age of Conquest: Wales, 1063-1415. I remember I read Ellis Peters's trilogy of historical novels about the conquest of Wales under John and Edward I, and I wanted to read more on the history. (As a historian of England, I knew squat about Wales. I once had a student ask me why Scotland has its own money while Wales doesn't, and my immediate response was, "Scotland has its own money?" So, British history: not my strength.)

Never did read the book, though. And it's long gone by now.

(Actually, looking through my old orders is amusing; you can definitely trace my career track through my purchases!)

Comments

[Rana]

Mine was The New Western History: An Assessment, Forrest G. Robinson, ed.

[rageyone]

so true! looking through my purchases over the years has definitely shifted based on what I was doing.

[Feminist Avatar]

I have no idea what my first Amazon purchase was.

Did your student mean that historically Scotland had it's own money (it did until 1707)?

Cause now we have Sterling just like England, Wales and Northern Ireland- the reason Scottish money looks different is because the 'style' [physical form] of bank notes in the UK is determined by a limited number of individual banks, who each have their own currency. In Scotland, most currency in use is printed by RBS and Clydesdale Bank; in England, its the Bank of England etc- but, regardless of which bank makes it, it's valid everywhere in the UK. It's just unusual to see Scottish currency in England because it doesn't tend to travel very far before it's spent.

[dance]

Wait, trilogy? There are historical Ellis Peters that are not Brother Cadfael? Got a title?

(No clue re Amazon. I'm not a big online shopper)