Thanks for your perspective (and I hope I’m not misinterpreting): Boylan herself is inserting a lot of opinion and speculation (the “probable” affair and the negative influence of Dolly).  The biographer has to draw conclusions, but these are very weak. I would be skeptical reading Helen’s writings from the start. I also think Boylan is guilty o…[Read more]

I, too, immediately thought about access to (and theft of) classified documents — in general and in that particular case. What happens if the party that is nominally in charge of the archive makes their own rules? Very frightening. It could go the other way, too: destroying/hiding records that prove corruption or abuse of power.

Thanks also for b…[Read more]