IMHO, doesn't the final "they" refer back to "some readers" and not to the "authors"? This would concur better with both the context of the last sentence and the meaning of the passage as a whole since the word "even" does not seem to work well with the "authors" about whom it was already said that they held some political beliefs but which they chose to sacrifice. The latter "even" should then refer to the "readers" meaning although the readers might, "in principle," "even" agree with the authors (good match for "in principle"), they would still dislike the political overtones in the book. The main point: the readers expect the books not to be political. The result of both reasonings is the same though.
IMHO, doesn't the final "they" refer back to "some readers" and not to the "authors"? This would concur better with both the context of the last sentence and the meaning of the passage as a whole since the word "even" does not seem to work well with the "authors" about whom it was already said that they held some political beliefs but which they chose to sacrifice. The latter "even" should then refer to the "readers" meaning although the readers might, "in principle," "even" agree with the authors (good match for "in principle"), they would still dislike the political overtones in the book. The main point: the readers expect the books not to be political. The result of both reasonings is the same though.
agreed
yup
I guessed everything correctly🙌
The final "they" refers to the readers, not the authors.