Keith, almost everyone knows that no one is infallible and beyond reproach, and I know as practitioner of the craft and almost everyone else knows that historical accounts from most distinguished sources change with time as more information becomes available. It happens every day.
I'm currently working on two non-fiction books about a Canadian citizen-soldier and a painter. What impeccable sources provided when these persons were alive is seriously different from what's said about them after their deaths. The most surpassing BS is in official war records.
Ambiguity cloaks cited accounts of the artifacts. That's common. As for no one attempting to profit from them, not everything is about money. Our family stories are often skewed by repetition, however well-intentioned. I do not judge EH's action. He had lost his great mental faculties, his reason.
Regards, King
