[Siko54]

Very interesting discussion - the only comment I have to add to Nick’s excellent points above is from listening to the fabulous “The rest is history” podcast. They were discussing the battle of Agincourt and mentioned how one of the best books on the battle to have been published came about from renewed research into new sources in the last 20 years (coincidentally from another female author), which is clearly some 600+ years after the events occurred! So there is hope that new angles can be found even if the participants are indeed long dead and I think it would be a great shame to close our minds to new ways of looking at old subjects.

This thread prompted me to reread John’s excellent “Zerstorer” which I am enjoying immensely, it has indeed aged well and I hope to enjoy Victorias book too in the near future-my hope is that it is complementary to his and others vast array of excellent work on the subject. I do get the scepticism and some of the criticism but new high profile books on the subject matter can only be a good thing for everyone involved in this “hobby”.