Not referring to Beevor and the like but I wonder if it's really a good thing for the public to read the work of the most popular historians? I mention this because my reading has included the likes of Starkey, Weir, Montefiore & numerous others, and they (virtually) all seem to be either jaded and idiosyncratic or sensationalist and slapdash...when they're not busy criticising fellow high-profile historians and their theories. I expect them to have their own biases, which is only natural, but I worry that readers like me aren't getting the best popular education available.