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Book SynopsisTravelling through time from Ancient Egypt to today,
A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues unpicks the past, illuminates the present and offers a new perspective on the future through these controversial symbols of our identity.
Trade Review'Fascinating analysis. A great read.’ Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkRADIO TV Breakfast Show"An innovative and compelling examination of the fundamental DNA of humanity - our talent for creation and destruction."
ROBIN MORGAN, award-winning journalist & former editor of The Sunday Times Magazine“This book considers why statues, and their removal, continue to provoke strong emotions. It also tells us the stories of 21 acts of statue destruction, why they took place, and what they tell us about our view of the past.”
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'An enjoyable survey of historical antagonism, and a welcome alternative perspective on a flashpoint in the culture wars'
Dominic Selwood, TLS Table of ContentsIntroduction: Lone and Level Sands
Hatshepsut (Thebes, Egypt)
Nero (Colchester, UK)
Athena (Palmyra, Syria)
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Bamiyan, Afghanistan)
Hecate (Constantinople, Byzantine Empire)
Our Lady of Caversham (Caversham, UK)
Huitzilopochtli (Tenochtitlan, Mexico)
Confucius (Qufu, China)
Louis XV (Paris, France)
Felix Mendelssohn (Leipzig, Germany)
The Confederate Monument (Portsmouth, Virginia, USA)
Sir John A. Macdonald (Montreal, Canada)
Edward Colston (Bristol, UK)
Christopher Columbus (Caracas, Venezuela)
Cecil Rhodes (Cape Town, South Africa)
George Washington (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Joseph Stalin (Budapest, Hungary)
Yagan (Perth, Australia)
Saddam Hussein (Baghdad, Iraq)
B.R. Ambedkar (Vederanyam, India)
Frederick Douglass (Rochester, New York, USA)
Epilogue: Khaled al-Asaad
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
