God Save the Queen: The Strange Persistence of Monarchies

by Dennis Altman

Book Overview

An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.

When he was deposed in Egypt in 1952, King Farouk predicted that there would be five monarchs left at the end of the century: the kings of hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades, and England. To date, his prediction has proved wrong, and while the twentieth century saw the collapse of monarchies across Europe, many democratic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950354989
• ISBN13: 9781950354986
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Scribe Us
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"