The Enchanted Glass: Britain and Its Monarchy

On this acclaimed research of British statehood, identification and tradition, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Household is nothing greater than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere vacationer attraction. As a substitute, he argues that the monarchy is each apex and essence of the British state, the image of a nationwide backwardness. On this totally up to date version, Nairn’s highly effective and bitterly comedian prose lays naked Britain’s peculiar, pseudo-modern, nationwide identification—which stays stubbornly fixated on the Crown and its constitutional framework, the “parliamentary sovereignty” of Westminster.