The main idea of the passage is that A. the Marxist interpretation of the relationship between class and power in nineteenth-century Britain is no longer viable B. a simple equation between wealth and power is unlikely to be supported by new data from nineteenth-century British archives C. a recent historical investigation has challenged but not disproved the orthodox view of the distribution of wealth and the relationship of wealth to power in nineteenth-century Britain D. probate records provide the historian with a revealing but incomplete glimpse of the extent and location of wealth in nineteenth-century Britain E. an attempt has been made to confirm the findings of a new historical study of nineteenth-century Britain, but complete confirmation is likely to remain elusive