TN_Guest1523
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Not necessarily, and here's why. Armed with the evidence we've been discussing there can only be two possible solutions to the tale, A) that it was nothing more then a simple dime novel, or B) that it was written with a specific purpose and agenda aimed at a predetermined audience. There can be no other possibilities.
What Jean Laf pasted from the book in post 17 is possibly telling us something very important, just not what most assume. You see, by his own admission the author is telling us that he has already mastered the other ciphers but that this success still didn't allow him a means to the end. So what he is possibly telling us is that even after decoding all three ciphers he still lacked some other requirement. This is the only scenario that still survives which allows for the described events to be true.
So, if there is any measure of truth in this tale then this publication was never intended to be a mystery for the general public, but rather it was written with purpose and intended for a predetermined audience. This later scenario would also explain why the key and ciphers have been altered beyond possible solution, which in the event that they were once real, they have been. So even with all of the established deceptions in the story they still don't eliminate the possibility that the unknown author was detailing an actual event, these deceptions only establishing that the pamphlet was never presented to the general public with possible solution.
How many pages are there for the Cipher?