Thanks for the notice that I am "distrusted" due merely to the nature of my employment, and that my work is assumed to "pull to the wool over the eyes of the gullible man in the street."
I will be sure pass along your warning to my clients and partners.

I suppose that I could share my prejudices about the accuracy and intelligence of modern historical authors. But I am not so unkind.

Please do start a new thread for Westphalia, as it is hard to follow the longer, more rambling threads.