I had very little interest in the original question, at first glance, until I started reading this incredibly thorough and thoughtful reply. The accessibility of your writing, and the gentle equanimity of your approach -- to a potential hornets-nest of a subject! -- should be admired and aspired to by more historian authors. (No, not "more" -- "most"!) Anyway: thank you for taking the time. As to your final line: your answer certainly helped ME, if not the original questioner, and your generosity of spirit has inspired me now to go and continue reading the wonderful book that motivated it all. Cheers!
Anyway: thank you for taking the time. As to your final line: your answer certainly helped ME, if not the original questioner, and your generosity of spirit has inspired me now to go and continue reading the wonderful book that motivated it all. Cheers!