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The Enchanted Glass: Britain and Its Monarchy (Second Edition)
The Enchanted Glass Britain and Its Monarchy - Second Edition Author:Tom Nairn ?Dazzling, cliche?-nailing ... The first serious study for more than a hundred years to take a coldly analytical look at this most emotion-charged part of our heritage, it reflects a growing sense of the peculiarity of it all.??The ObserverIn this acclaimed meditation on the British state, its identity and culture, Tom Nairn sees the monarchy bo... more »th as its apex and its essence, the symbol of a national backwardness. This powerful, analytical, and bitterly funny book lays bare Britain?s peculiar, pseudo-modern, national identity, one that remains fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the ?parliamentary sovereignty? of Westminster.« less