Well I wouldn't argue with any of that. Want we seem to be arguing about is interpretation of evidence. Good scholarship dictates that anyone wishing to form an opinion about historical realities had better do more than simply read and trust accounts by historians who are, after all, distilling evidence in their own sweet way. Some are right-wing, some left, some royalist, some republican, some sexist, some militaristic, none saints. Careful who you trust, that's all I'm saying, as a non-scholar of history though a scholar in one or two other spheres. Don't ask.