Nearly 40 years ago, while devouring Alexander Dumas' fabulous period adventure novel, The Count of Monte Cristo , I came across the phrase 'plus royaliste que le roi', loosely meaning 'more loyal than the king.' It originated in post-Napoleonic France, when members of King Louis XVIII's first Chamber of Deputies refused to entertain any constitutional changes after the 1789 revolution.After the second Bourbon restoration in 1815, these counter-revolutionary zealots became the Chambre Introuvable (Unobtainable Chamber), because of a reactionary refusal to accommodate any form of compromise. While their actions were driven by the hope of future gain, fanatical belief -...
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