Brendy my friend, that wasn't meant as an insult. I am greatly impressed with the work you have put in and its educational to say the VERY least!!!

ALL history is colored (good word in this case huh?) by the author's perspective and as I read your post(?) I am taken by the notion that although your loyalties are well known, the text is pretty well "bias free." That's not easy. But at the same time, I could take issue on a few points that I would like to see more on before I decided whether or not you were accurate or "colored." But that's not the point here. Our 'buddy' Conrad often comes off as being without bias in his phrasing, but is easily refuted. Ewan said that at times less is more and there is truth in that too. I hate to see someone like Conrad launch into one of his harangues suitably couched in PC bullshit and then be believed because he has equalled your words if not your scholarship.

Aw, forget it.......I'm making a point the hard way....You have done a great job and my only wish is that you had put it on a site of its own. Its well worth the read and after a long first reading, I too have traced it to go back and try to digest.

Thanks.....But don't do it again!!!***BG***

Spaw