Pillars of Monarchy
by Philip Mansel
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Philip Mansel is a historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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- Canonical title
- Pillars of Monarchy
- Original publication date
- 1984
- People/Characters
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Epigraph
- ‘The better he was guarded the more his Enemies would fear him and his friends love him'
Lord Hawley to Charles II in 1661
‘My sailors – my own sailors – I can't believe it! They are all our perso... (show all)nal friends!'
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, on the desertion of the Garde Euipage in 1917 - First words
- Preface Guards are a key to history.
Introduction Pillars of Monarchy is an outline of that aspect of the social and political history of monarchies which is revealed in their relations... (show all)hip with their guards.
Chapter 1 At Chinon near the Loire, one day in April 1446, the Dauphin was looking at the Scottish Guard of his father, King Charles VII of France. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)From the point of view of the monarchs they were meant to defend, there is truth in the old saying that the love of the people is the best guard.
- Original language
- English UK
Classifications
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- Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 355.3 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare Organization and personnel of military forces
- LCC
- UA12.8 .M36 — Military Science Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
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