Beautifully written, and I cannot tell which parts are true
What is good
The prose, which is genuinely exceptional, and the structure, which makes a complicated century legible for the first time.
The problem
No sources. Three claims I tried to verify are unattested anywhere I can find, and one contradicts a document I have read.
What I would say
Read it for pleasure and do not cite it. That is an uncomfortable recommendation and it is the honest one.
