How dim is Harry? - his official History

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98448

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eustace_Scrubb" <dk59us at y...> 
wrote:

Eustace_Scrubb:
> However, let's go one more step...what would he have learned 
exactly?
>  Historians, alas, don't always tell the truth; they don't always do
> good research; their work may be co-opted to reflect official 
opinions
> and negate those not accepted by the hierarchy.  Sometimes 
historians
> fill in the gaps of evidence with imaginative inferences--sometimes
> they get them right, sometimes wrong.  They rarely get the whole
> picture.  (I'm a historian myself, so I'm not saying this without 
some
> careful thought and knowledge of the field).
> 

Geoff:
I have to agree wiht Eustace on this. I have on a couple of occasions 
in the last few years tried to research data about one or two people 
who were not great politicians or such but were well-known names in 
their own field.

Using different sources I found information which conflicted in 
things such as dates and places; I found the very bit of information 
I wanted was missing and I found information which seemed to be based 
on artistic licence rather that fact.

So I think that if Harry tried to read one of the books HG mentions, 
he might well find that he had more questions to deal with than he 
started with.