Having studied this myself at great length over the last ten years, Cornwell's book is widely regarded as a joke. I could list off a bunch of reasons here but C

Having studied this myself at great length over the last ten years, Cornwell's book is widely regarded as a joke. I could list off a bunch of reasons here but Casebook covers this all in great detail here - http://casebook.org/dissertations/dst-pamandsickert.html http://casebook.org/dissertations/dst-pamandsickert.html In my opinion, the Sickert theory holds about as much water as the Royal Conspiracy - entertaining read but almost certainly bollocks.