...okay, is it just his imagination, or is the whole business with 'rightful heir to the throne by law' and 'unquestionable legal right to rule' not only not totally compatible with there being a giant civil war and Abrogail needing the Church of Asmodeus's support, but also the author possibly kind of quietly signaling that this fact which requires so much emphasis is maybe not actually true? In which case you could maybe also infer that it's illegal or otherwise threatened-against to suggest that Abrogail wasn't the rightful heir?
And is it his imagination that this book is - not so much better written, really, as - more informative, more alive-sounding? - than the previous set of Chelish history books? Or just more interesting, somehow? And should Keltham be attributing that to the library having better book-taste than the bookshop operator who stocked the book personally attacking Abrogail Thrune, or to the Conspiracy frantically upping the level of its game as it became clear Keltham wasn't happy with their earlier efforts?
Keltham will read a few pages ahead, and then skip to randomly later in the book, and then read the page before that, whatever it is. Is this one borrowable or for sale, by the way?