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Entry: Learning to Love the French Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/learning_to_love_the_french#12387 Post contents: I don't care where Nergol gets his info. I want him to get it right. <i>to their worthless last king who could be neither generous enough to be loved nor ruthless enough to be feared,<i> The last reigning king of France was Louis-Philippe of the House of Orleans, who came into power via the Revolution of July 1830, and thus the "July Monarchy". The Ultras, later the Legitimists, rejected his legitimacy. He was removed in 1848. Whether the attributes that Nergol heaps upon him be true is doubtful. This means the French had 4 revolutions: June 1789, July 1830, March 1848, and 1870-1. Maybe also Spring 1968. France also had a number of take-overs by force: August 1792, July 1794, Dec 1799, June 1814, 1851, 1871, May 1940, and Aug 1944. The crisis of May 1958 wasn't by force, but it was all the same a fait accompli. There are many fine things to say about that outstanding land France. Politics, diplomacy excepted, isn't one of them. Someone once quipped that constitutions in France are found in library under "periodical Literature". One doesn't go to France for politicians, just as one doesn't go to Americans for <i>Bilding</i> or good taste, to south Italy for traffic regulations, to the Swedes for tax loopholes, to Saudi Arabia for booze, to Austria to loose weight, to England for chefs, or to the Puritans for sex. Sent at: 2008 11 23