User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-173.66.36.26-20111220031316/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111221062758

No recent combat experience.

And yeah, we don't really know who commissioned that books writing. And it is mostly the thalmor gaining on it's existence, but we'll never know for sure.