One Is Not Born Unpunished Before the Throne

Title: Before the Throne One Is Not Born Unpunished

Author: Daniela Hooghiemstra

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789035131149

Condition: Good

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Description:
If Willem-Alexander wants to know what it is like to be the king of the Netherlands, he has to go back three generations. The last man on the throne, Willem III, died in 1890. Since then, women have been on the throne in the Netherlands. Men rule differently than women. Fathers of heirs to the throne behave differently than mothers, and male heirs to the throne have different wishes and ambitions than female ones.

To get an idea of ​​what the Netherlands will soon face, historians Dorine Hermans and Daniela Hooghiemstra went in search of the last men on the throne. In their book Koning in Nederland (King in the Netherlands), the first three kings and those who surrounded them speak for themselves. From archives as far away as Noordeinde Palace, they unearthed intriguing, witty and moving letters, reports and diary entries that were usually not intended for publication at the time. The descriptions by diplomats, court physicians and ministers, as well as those of the kings and their families themselves, provide a compelling picture of the triumphs and defeats, the mutual struggle, the illusions and the peculiarities of the first three men on the throne. They also shed light on the question of how a country like the Netherlands, which has traditionally placed so much value on freedom and equality, actually comes to have a king.