Though he plans to revise the work before 2005, adding more evidence, he admits, "I don't know if I will be able to get enough time out of my busy schedule to finish the task." The depth of the passions aroused and the general reception which Menzies has been accorded are no less than, and generally much greater than, those associated with many renowned professional historians.
他還計劃在二○○五年前再加入更多佐證、重寫這本著作，「也不知繁忙的行程裡能不能如期完成，」他說。相較國際知名的歷史學者，孟西士所受禮遇與熱門的程度有過之而無不及。