“If their social institutions were abhorrent, their unwritten constitution bordered upon the absurd. The absolutist monarchs of the ancient kingdoms of Amara… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
Of all the memorable phrases that have been minted and mobilised to describe modern British royalty, 'constitutional monarchy' is virtually the only… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
“America posed a deeply interesting question to any Frenchmen with a political curiosity to ask it. How had Americans launched a revolution… — Alan James Ryan Copy Share Image
Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and… — Francois Furet Copy Share Image