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 ...
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... Charles I did take place , that it was a hinge event in our history , and that it was seen fit politely to obliterate this fact for the purposes of a staged celebration of " The Crown in Parliament ' . Those who say that without the ...
... Charles I did take place , that it was a hinge event in our history , and that it was seen fit politely to obliterate this fact for the purposes of a staged celebration of " The Crown in Parliament ' . Those who say that without the ...
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... 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 ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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