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This is becoming a historiagraphical thread (or 'an histori....'!) so may warrant splitting off.There are long debates about what is a fact in history. Von Ranke versus Carr etc.Archives have problems, the worst example I know of is someone faking documents and inserting them in files at Kew to prove a point.I think if authors are clear on their approach the reader can decide what they want to get from a book. A great story, prejudices confirmed, a challenge? Often all the facts won't change minds anyway, but what sells is what gets published.E.g. TSR2 was clearly a bit rubbish. The archives are clear. But who wants to read about that?One fact seems clear to me though. Calum has written a great book.
This is becoming a historiagraphical thread (or 'an histori....'!) so may warrant splitting off.
There are long debates about what is a fact in history. Von Ranke versus Carr etc.
Archives have problems, the worst example I know of is someone faking documents and inserting them in files at Kew to prove a point.
I think if authors are clear on their approach the reader can decide what they want to get from a book. A great story, prejudices confirmed, a challenge? Often all the facts won't change minds anyway, but what sells is what gets published.
E.g. TSR2 was clearly a bit rubbish. The archives are clear. But who wants to read about that?
One fact seems clear to me though. Calum has written a great book.
