The Republic of Britain: 1760-2000: 1760 to the Present - Softcover

For 200 years, many Britons have called themselves republicans. THE REPUBLIC OF BRITAIN surveys the extraordinary variety of British republicanism since the late 18th century, and explores its relationship with a monarchy active in its own defence. It draws on previously unused material from the royal archives and may be read as a history of the monarchy's reaction to what it has perceived to be republican menaces. Republicans, disillusioned with the democracy their forebears helped to create, now make the abolition of monarchy a priority. But has monarchy successfully adapted to democracy through their own brand of civic republicanism? Does it have a strategy to cope with its critics? Is Britain already a Republic in its essentials?

Frank Prochaska is a distinguished historian of modern Britain, who has written extensively on the monarchy. His previous books include WOMEN AND PHILANTHROPY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (1980), THE VOLUNTARY IMPULSE (1988), and ROYAL BOUNTY: THE MAKING OF A WELFARE MONARCHY (1995). He has taught at universities in Britain and America and has been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.