The Queen Has Been Pleased: British Honours System at Work de Walker, John

Sphere Books, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London England: Sphere. Paperback. For the first time, the author exposes the dubious workings of the British honours system. He produces alarming evidence to show that political contributions from companies and individuals coincide with honours in a disturbing number of cases. In a thorough investigation into how the honours lists are controlled, he shwows how both sides of the political spectrum have been guilty of abusing the honours system over the years and suggests that, by reinforcing class divisions, the system actually damageas the society it claims to reward. 204 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Sphere Edition. 1987.

London England: Sphere. Paperback. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Couple of slight creases to cover. For the first time, the author exposes the dubious workings of the British honours system. He produces alarming evidence to show that political contributions from companies and individuals coincide with honours in a disturbing number of cases. In a thorough investigation into how the honours lists are controlled, he shwows how both sides of the political spectrum have been guilty of abusing the honours system over the years and suggests that, by reinforcing class divisions, the system actually damageas the society it claims to reward. 204 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Sphere Edition. 1987.