And I agree that Hermione ended up sounding like me - although she does talk like a book in skirts, still a girl of fifteen or so does not quite sound so politically aware. I tried to diminish that by showing that for most of her letter she was quoting, but all the bits about understanding history were her own - that is, mine own. I could not find a way around the problem. You are, however, the first person to bring up this issue.