Star-Spangled Crown

Is it bad that I hear Charles giggling to himself as he writes about the shootout in the White House?

At any rate, this was quite a wonderful fictional non-fiction. The spine of the book is a fictional tale of a future American monarch. The non-fictional aspect is the indepth historical analysis of relations to the monarch, such as monarch & land, monarch & military. Mr. Coulombe extends it then forward and shows how the future monarch resolves our many intractable problems.

Greatest of all was the speech given in which the new monarch masterfully weaves a tale spinning the cultural fabric of America into as having always been monarchical. George Washington, for example, is no longer revered for leading a revolt, but for rejecting a crown he knew belonged to the monarch's ancestors.

Well worth the read. Truly one of a kind.

Star Spangled Crown is one of those books where you read one chapter at a time, put it down for a bit, and turn over the content you just consumed in your mind. Although it is a work of fiction that certainly has an entertainment aspect to it, it is an excellent "primer" book to read or give to a friend who is interested in the intricacies of a monarchical government. Charles knocks this one out of the park.

This work builds on "Puritan's Empire" and synthesizes the author's thought better than any other. Coulombe reminds us that 1492, not 1776, is America's founding year. At long last, we are granted a monarch who is able to bring harmony to our disparate traditions. He is respectful of our freedoms but calls us to greater heights. The Bill of Rights is kept, but bad Supreme Court decisions are overruled and states (notably, Utah) are allowed their own religions again. A balance is kept among powers: the King appoints governors and some mayors, senators are elected by the state legislatures and can appeal directly to His Majesty, and the Congress must approve expenditures beyond those covered by the Crown Lands. This is well detailed. While Coulombe qualifies this all with an admission that he is not an economist and cannot predict the practicality of it, this work remains a remarkable inspiration.

This is a great little read! The only thing I wanted more of was some of the personal history of the Royal Family, and some more character emotional development. I understand the book is less a work of literature and more a treatise, but I think readers who are exploring monarchy want not only to fall in love with the system, but the monarchs themselves.

I look forward to any new endeavors!

This book excels at the thing the Monarchist movement needs most right now - education. These days, when most people find the prospect of a monarchy that has any real relevance to contemporary society impossible to even begin to imagine, Mr. Coulombe paints a picture, or rather shows us a vision of what a real modern monarch could like, and abolishes the myth that the sine qua non of freedom lies in the power to elect your executive. Coulombe's patriotic monarchism gives us a compelling image of a King very much at home in the land of baseball and apple pie, who does not look out of place crowned with regal majesty beneath the splendor of the stars and stripes. A must-read for anyone wondering what is (or ought to be) going on in a monarchist's head when he professes to love his country but not its form of government.

All who love history and are concerned about where the United States is going should read Star Spangled Crown.

The Star Spangled Crown is an excellent read and a good follow on to Puritan's Empire. I never realized how a monarchy could possibly solve our country's problems until I read this book.

This book puts flesh on monarchist arguments. There's an engaging story thrown in with possible ways a monarch could rule in this country. I wish I could have explored much deeper into this world, hopefully Charles will expand on Star-Spangled Crown: A Simple Guide to the American Monarchy.

Coulombe, in this brief monograph written as a history come to us from a century into the future, does a wonderful survey of what the American monarchy would look like and how it would transform into one. Being a monarchist, one thing that is often a challenge is how does one simply transform a democracy into a monarchy? The reality is that democracies don't transform into a monarchy over night. They collapse into one. This is the first chapter of his book. The rest is mostly detail about the function of the monarchy and how the monarchy laid out its claims for legitimacy. It is an hypothetical survey for any one curious about the functions of a monarchy, the role of the monarch, and how a U.S. republic could potentially collapse into a monarchy.

Would that a Catholic King would take over this country! It would be nice for this country to be under a man who fears eternal damnation for misruling. I like Charles’ ideas of how a Catholic King would operate in America. I’m all for it.