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Royal mess: a crosswise look at Britain's monarchy.
Americans instinctively disdain monarchy. "There is not a crowned head in Europe whose talents or merits would entitle him to be elected vestryman by the people in any parish in America" wrote Thomas Jefferson to George Washington. By blood and heritage, Americans are contemptuous of kings and queens and their footmen: the liveried drivers, scraping equerries, and sycophantic counselors. We call no man Lord except Jesus Christ, and we even prefer to call Him by His first name.
Tom Paine, who believed an hereditary ruler to be "as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wiseman, and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet laureate" imagined the game to ...
- Three Kings, two publishers, two books, same subject.(King George V, Kaiser...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books February 19, 2004 700+ words
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Two books covering the lives of King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II, who led Britain, Germany and Russia into World War I, have been snapped up by publishers. John Murray...
- Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor.(Review) (book review)
- Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books BOYD, CATHERINE E. January 1, 2000 700+ words
Van der Kiste, John Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor...histories of European royalty. Kaiser Wilhelm II's biography is his sixteenth...own identity. In 1888, old Kaiser Wilhelm I died. Tragically, his son...
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1933 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1933 Kaiser Wilhelm II Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, dressed in full military...portraits. uniforms. medals. Emperor of Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, dressed in full military...
- West Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Church. (PAR116420)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Rene Burri January 1, 1959 700+ words
Rene Burri Magnum Photos 01-01-1959 West Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Church. Keywords: man 25 to 45 years men people person...geographical european west germany. 1959. west berlin. kaiser wilhelm church. 1959 Magnum Photos
- West Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Church bombed during WWII. (PAR270560)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Rene Burri January 1, 1961 700+ words
...Magnum Photos 01-01-1961 West Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Church bombed during WWII. Keywords: set of...west germany. west berlin. west berlin. the kaiser wilhelm church bombed during wwii. 1961 Magnum Photos
- When JP Morgan met Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Nancy Caldwell Sorel July 27, 1996 700+ words
...friend Edward VII. Another was to meet Edward's nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser, Morgan knew, was a different animal entirely...proper public lives shielded considerable private indecorum. Kaiser Wilhelm was younger, fitter, and on the surface less inhibited...
- The Berliner Dom, the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, and the ideologgical...
- Magazine article from: East European Quarterly Alvis, Robert E. September 1, 1997 700+ words
...visible and evocative were churches: the Berliner Dom and the Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche. Built during the reign of Wilhelm II...German Reich. The Gedachtniskirche honored the memory of Kaiser Wilhelm I, who presided over the Prussian defeat of France in 1870...
- BERLIN 1945.A commemorative memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm in front of the City...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Robert Capa R January 1, 1945 700+ words
...01-01-1945 BERLIN 1945.A commemorative memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm in front of the City Palace. Keywords: State assistance...Middle aged woman BERLIN 1945.A commemorative memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm in front of the City Palace. GERMANY. Berlin. GERMANY...
Source: HighBeam Research, Royal mess: a crosswise look at Britain's monarchy.