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Posted By: runscott

Everyone has their odd hobbies - one of mine is revisionist history. Every time a new political party takes over, history is again revised to explain away problems or account for successes. Umberto Eco is an expert at this technique and has written several novels and essays that take "grey areas" of history and insert "facts" that make stories more interesting. One of his novels, "Foucault's Pendulum" takes this to extremes, creating a multi-century conspiracy based on historical facts and semi-plausable "what if" events created by Eco himself.

But back to the Wagner issue - I agree that the "premiere Wagner" owner is a nut-case. As others have pointed out, there is no way he can pull this off. I'm hoping that he will take my email seriously and revise his web-site to use my story as part of his research.