PILLARS OF MONARCHY by Philips Mansel

Land

Nederland

Provincie

Limburg

Omschrijving: PILLARS OF MONARCHY
AN OUTLINE OF THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
HISTORY OF ROYAL GUARDS 1400-1984
By Philip Mansel

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207 pagina's;
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Guards are a key to history. Since the personal bodyguards and household troops of the different military force in their respective capitals, it was they who, in moments of crisis, dedicated the fate of the monarchy. Guards were always there, on duty, when history was being made, and they often made it tehmselves.
According to the future Louis XI of France, who tried to bribe the Garde du Corps to kill his father, the King, they 'kept the Kingdom of France in subjection.' Catherine II of Russia, who had the sensible habit of choosing her lovers from the guards, owed her throne to their intervention in 1762, just as her son , Paul I, who detested the guards, was deposed and murdered by the guards officers in 1801. In 1789 the desterion of the Gardes Francaises was instrumental in the succes of the crowd's attack on the Bastille. In 1802 the Gards Consulaire was described as having great effect in Paris, 'where its mere presence maintains order and upholds the usurped authority of Bonaparte.'
'Pillars of Monarchy' will appeal both to the academie market and to the general reader. It presents new facts and a new point of vieuw, based on many years' intensive research , and will delight all these interested in political and social history, in the cultural history of the capitals of Eurpe, and in uniforms and military history. Above all it will fascinate all readers interested in monarchy.

Philip Mansel was born in London in 1951. After reading Modern History and Modern Languages at Oxfors, he received his Doctorate for a thesis on the court of France 1814-1830 at the University of London in 1978. He wrote a history of France, published in America in 1980, and a life of Louis XVIII, published in England in 1981 and in France in 1982. He contributes regularly to the 'Library Review', 'Al-Majalla', 'Books and Bookmen' and 'History today': His books on 'Monarchies of the Middle East 1869-1930' is published in 1983.