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Auteur:	Barrell, John
Titel:	Imagining the King's Death Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide, 1793-1796
Uitgever:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780198112921
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 372,50
Verschijningsdatum:	16-03-2000
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Geogr.gebied:	United Kingdom, Great Britain
Periode:	c 1700 to c 1800
Geillustreerd:	24 black and white halftones
Dewey code:	941.073

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Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	756
Hoogte mm.:	166
Breedte mm.:	243
Dikte mm.:	44
Gewicht gr.:	1234

 

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It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and 'imagining' it, in the legal sense of 'intending' or 'designing'?