Tag: Monarchy

Free Download María Soledad Barbón, "Colonial Loyalties: Celebrating the Spanish Monarchy in Eighteenth-Century Lima"
English | ISBN: 0268106452 | 2019 | 264 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Colonial Loyalties is an insightful study of how Lima’s residents engaged in civic festivities in the eighteenth century. Scholarship on festive culture in colonial Latin America has largely centered on "fiestas" as an ideal medium through which the colonizing Iberians naturalized their power. María Soledad Barbón contends that this perspective addresses only one side of the equation.

Free Download Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BSSBZT15 | 2023 | 14 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 402 MB
Author: Omid Scobie
Narrator: Omid Scobie
Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy-an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family. Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor-and dismantled the protective shield around it.

Free Download Abolish the Monarchy: Why We Should and How We Will (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BW15F69L | 2023 | 8 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 221 MB
Author: Graham Smith
Narrator: Sam Swann
It’s wrong in principle and it doesn’t work in practice. (And no, it’s not good for tourism.) But it doesn’t have to be this way. They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations. But there’s an elephant in the room. At the heart of power is a single family. They weren’t elected but they live off the public purse. They aren’t accountable to anyone, and yet between them they are privy to more government secrets than many cabinet ministers. Divinely appointed using a special hat, the head of the family is your superior, you his subject. Apparently he is guardian of our constitution – but we’re also told he wouldn’t dream of interfering in politics. If you accept the monarchy, you must accept the moral compromise that comes with it, from its erosion of the principle of equality to the secret interference in our laws. But the good news is that we don’t have to accept it. True democracy is within our reach.