Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Medieval Story: And the Beginnings of the Social, Ideals of English-Speaking People
Early in the month of March, 1910, the daily papers of New York City reported that there had just been unusual excitement in the little principality of Monaco. The home of the most famous gambling establishment in the world has always known excitement enough; the sunny skies of Monte Carlo have looked down on many a tragedy of blighted hopes and ruined for tunes. This particular disturbance, however, was of quite another sort, arousing no interest among the hectic figures hanging about the gambling tables in the casino, but affecting the residents of the principality itself. The streets of the capital had been filled with a hurrying crowd, and noisy with the sound of many voices raised in eager discussion. Nearly half of the male population of this little country had marched to the palace, and demanded a constitution! They had declared, so the account runs, that Monaco was the only absolute monarchy remaining on the face of the globe, and that the time for a change had come. Their protest was heeded; the prince of Monaco received a deputation from the crowd, and promised to consider its wishes.
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