Democratic Royalism: The Transformation of the British Monarchy, 1861-1914

by W. Kuhn

Overview

This book focuses on five different men who created the modern British monarcy: Walter Bagehot, William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Esher, Randall Davidson, and the Duke of Norfolk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312159559
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/01/1996
Series:	Studies in Modern History Series
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	193
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations		viii	(1)
Acknowledgements		ix	(2)
Abbreviations		xi
Introduction		1	(14)
1 Walter Bagehot: Male Efficiency and Female Dignity		15	(17)
2 William Ewart Gladstone: National Acts of Religion		32	(25)
3 Lord Esher: Empire Theater		57	(25)
4 Randall Davidson: Quietness, Compromise, Comprehension		82	(30)
5 The Duke of Norfolk: Authenticity, Eccentricity, Absurdity		112	(28)
Conclusion		140	(4)
Notes		144	(19)
Bibliography		163	(9)
Index		172

Editorial Reviews

Profiles five British politicians who contributed to the transformation of the monarchy from a political power to a wholly symbolic personification of the nation in the decades before World War I. Representing a cross-section of the political spectrum, they are Walter Bagehot, William Gladstone, Lord Esher, Randall Davidson, and the Duke of Norfolk. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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