From a review of André Burguière's Annales School:  An Intellectual History (translated by Jane Marie Todd) by Cambridge historian Richard J. Evans: 

Self-important, pompous, pretentious, solipsistic, often obscure, sometimes barely coherent, his book seems to address itself only to those in the know. The translation by Jane Marie Todd renders all these faults with exemplary accuracy.

But did he like the book? 

(Thanks to Jerry Dworkin for the pointer and for realizing this was a review after my own heart.  Professor Evans should have a blog!)