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"Monarchy in Britain is a mindset - sociological and emotional - seldom scrutinised save by diehard supporters or detractors. Matthew Dennison's new biography of Elizabeth II offers to evaluate a magisterial reign now spanning seven decades and the Queen's record as practitioner of monarchy. The person of the monarch is the closest an ethnically and culturally diverse society comes to a visible representative of past, present and future, although population changes since 1945 have made it impossible for Elizabeth II convincingly to embody the wide-ranging outlooks and aspirations of a muddled demographic. Instead she is understood as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed - if no longer practised - by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity, stoicism: a visible definition of an aspect of 'Britishness'."--Provided by publisher.
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The Queen, Matthew Dennison
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- The Queen
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Matthew Dennison
- Editore
- Apollo
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 512
- ISBN10
- 1788545915
- ISBN13
- 9781788545914
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storie vere, Biografie, Storia, Gran Bretagna, Regine, Sovrana, Elisabetta II, regina, 1926-2022
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2021
- Titolo originale
- The Queen
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- "Monarchy in Britain is a mindset - sociological and emotional - seldom scrutinised save by diehard supporters or detractors. Matthew Dennison's new biography of Elizabeth II offers to evaluate a magisterial reign now spanning seven decades and the Queen's record as practitioner of monarchy. The person of the monarch is the closest an ethnically and culturally diverse society comes to a visible representative of past, present and future, although population changes since 1945 have made it impossible for Elizabeth II convincingly to embody the wide-ranging outlooks and aspirations of a muddled demographic. Instead she is understood as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed - if no longer practised - by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity, stoicism: a visible definition of an aspect of 'Britishness'."--Provided by publisher.