The MonarchyChatto & Windus, 1990 - 42 síður Part of a series, this book submits a proposal for the admission of republican principles into the national debate. The author examines the Royals as a national fetish that encourages servile but also snobbish attitudes. He calls for constitutional and political reform. |
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... Charles I stood trial for his life . - Back up the road at the Banqueting House where King Charles I had actually lost his life a short while after matters were not much more honestly confronted . The lavishly - mounted exhi- bition ...
... Charles I stood trial for his life . - Back up the road at the Banqueting House where King Charles I had actually lost his life a short while after matters were not much more honestly confronted . The lavishly - mounted exhi- bition ...
Síða 16
... Charles elongates an already long face when afflicting himself and others with worry about the ecology , the inner cities and the eternal ' problems of youth ' . Rather like the defection of a segment of the Church of England and ...
... Charles elongates an already long face when afflicting himself and others with worry about the ecology , the inner cities and the eternal ' problems of youth ' . Rather like the defection of a segment of the Church of England and ...
Síða 24
... Charles being taught to mouth some Welsh phrases even as his unhappy ancestor had mugged them up with a silver - tongued Welsh solicitor as his tutor . There was one unambiguously good result of this humiliation for Edward , Prince of ...
... Charles being taught to mouth some Welsh phrases even as his unhappy ancestor had mugged them up with a silver - tongued Welsh solicitor as his tutor . There was one unambiguously good result of this humiliation for Edward , Prince of ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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