Russell's History of Western Philosophy is good. It's by no means an easy read but I thought it was very good at getting across the philosophical ideas as well

Russell's History of Western Philosophy is good. It's by no means an easy read but I thought it was very good at getting across the philosophical ideas as well as their development over time. Ironically it put me off of philosophy somewhat. I left it with the impression that a worryingly large number of philosophical questions were either tautological or just very clever word play.