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. |
From inside the book
Niðurstöður 1 - 3 af 6
Síða 7
... reign . Shortly before the Queen's Jubilee in 1977 , Paul Johnson , who might without offence to himself be described as one of Her Majesty's Journalists , wrote a loyalist essay describing Elizabeth II as ' Head of Her Profession ...
... reign . Shortly before the Queen's Jubilee in 1977 , Paul Johnson , who might without offence to himself be described as one of Her Majesty's Journalists , wrote a loyalist essay describing Elizabeth II as ' Head of Her Profession ...
Síða 8
... reign , or ' the second Elizabethan era ' as it was bravely hailed in 1952 and at the Coronation the following year , the country has passed through a staggering declension . Even the famed political energy and ruthlessness of the ...
... reign , or ' the second Elizabethan era ' as it was bravely hailed in 1952 and at the Coronation the following year , the country has passed through a staggering declension . Even the famed political energy and ruthlessness of the ...
Síða 9
... reign began . And even some partisans of that one institution - which is of course the Royal Family - have worried that there may be something hysterical ; something un - English almost , in the adu- lation which this family receives ...
... reign began . And even some partisans of that one institution - which is of course the Royal Family - have worried that there may be something hysterical ; something un - English almost , in the adu- lation which this family receives ...
Aðrar útgáfur - View all
The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
actually admirable Africa already appeal argue argument become Blasts Britain British ceremonial Charles CHATTO Church claim comes common Commonwealth compromise Constitution continuity Counter CounterBlasts course Crown early effect English example exercise fact False fetish followed force foreign give glamour happen head hereditary honourable House human idea institution intervention Issue keep King George Kingdom land later least Lively Lloyd look Lords Macmillan magic matters MICHIGAN mind Ministers monarchy mystery never objective obvious pageantry Palace Parliament parties past perhaps person political position precedent preferable prerogative present President Prince of Wales principle probably Queen question reason recent reign republic Republican Royal Family royalist royalty sacred seems sense servility social society sort Sovereign subjects symbol things thought told tone tradition true turn United UNIVERSITY whole Windsor wrote