The Enchanted Glass: Britain and Its Monarchy

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Author/Contributor(s): Nairn, Tom Publisher: Verso Date: 11/7/2011 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn d eftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is both apex and essence of the British state, the symbol of a national backwardness. In this fully updated edition, Nairn’s powerful and bitterly comic prose lays bare Britain’s peculiar, pseudo-modern, national identity—which remains stubbornly fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the “parliamentary sovereignty” of Westminster. Show more