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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... is to see the ground of this point . The United States , for example , has never had a President quite as bad as King George III , but neither has Britain had a king as admirable as George Washington ( of whom William 32.
... is to see the ground of this point . The United States , for example , has never had a President quite as bad as King George III , but neither has Britain had a king as admirable as George Washington ( of whom William 32.
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... presidents ) is thought of as a breathtakingly new and daring idea . But even in the most corrupted period of 1970s ... President . Milton , Bunyan , Shelley , Blake , Thackeray , Dilke , Russell , Harrison - not all of these were ...
... presidents ) is thought of as a breathtakingly new and daring idea . But even in the most corrupted period of 1970s ... President . Milton , Bunyan , Shelley , Blake , Thackeray , Dilke , Russell , Harrison - not all of these were ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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