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Down with the Royals
Joan Smith
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Description for Down with the Royals
Hardback. Joan Smith topples the arguments for having a monarchy in this biting polemic. Series: Provocations Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 119 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
When Prince George was just eight weeks old, the Evening Standard declared him to be 'the most influential person in London'. He couldn't even walk, let alone talk. Yet one day he could become head of state, whether we like it or not.Joan Smith argues that it has become nearly impossible to question the existence of the monarchy. Articulate republicans are drowned out while the supercharged PR and media machines ask only who designed Kate's dresses.Smith topples the arguments for having a monarchy, one by one. The royals don't provide a boost for tourism, and their deliberately opaque accounting conceals ... Read more
When Prince George was just eight weeks old, the Evening Standard declared him to be 'the most influential person in London'. He couldn't even walk, let alone talk. Yet one day he could become head of state, whether we like it or not.Joan Smith argues that it has become nearly impossible to question the existence of the monarchy. Articulate republicans are drowned out while the supercharged PR and media machines ask only who designed Kate's dresses.Smith topples the arguments for having a monarchy, one by one. The royals don't provide a boost for tourism, and their deliberately opaque accounting conceals ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Provocations Series
Condition
New
Weight
174g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849548298
SKU
V9781849548298
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99-15
About Joan Smith
Joan Smith is an English novelist, journalist and human rights activist. She is the author of the Loretta Lawson series of crime novels and is co-chair of the Mayor of London's Violence Against Women and Girls Panel.
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