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But now that the topic of fiction has arisen, how do you feel about claims that your favorite biography, Life and Death of Adolf Hitler is itself largely fiction? I quote from one (typical) Amazon review:

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Mr. Payne is not out to lie or deceive. But there are many parts of his book which, we now know (and he could have known when he wrote his book) that are based not on actual fact, but on bogus, sensational "biographies" of Hitler which have nothing to do with the truth.

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Some of these reviews go on to tear Mr. Payne's book to absolute shreds when it comes to accuracy.

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Payne writes well, but entire chapters are completely fabricated, thus making the book worthless. A salient example is chapter 6 where Hitler makes a year-long visit to Liverpool to visit his brother. This is the most embarrassing idiocy to ever appear in a Hitler biography (and there's loads of competition for this dubious distinction).
Hitler was never in England, as his apartment records clearly show from Vienna.

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I'm not hating on you, this has been a great thread, I just thought you'd like to know.