{"product_id":"fallen-idols-9781472281913","title":"Fallen Idols","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, \u003ci\u003eFallen Idols\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.'' Suzannah Lipscomb, author, award-winning historian and broadcaster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Like all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the past to explain what the hell is going on today. She does so with a flair, her signature mix of scholarship and succinctness that is so compelling. If you want to make sense of the statues debate, and the coming culture war over our history, this is where you need to start.'' Dan Snow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A timely, sparkling and often hilarious book.'' Michael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the past few years, there has been a rush to topple statues. Across the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Belgium and elsewhere, Black Lives Matter protesters defaced and in some cases hauled down statues of slaveholders, Conf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex von Tunzelmann is one of the \u003cb\u003emost gifted historians\u003c\/b\u003e writing today. \u003cb\u003eBrilliant \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003etrenchant\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ewitty \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ewise\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFallen Idols\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; \u003cb\u003ebuy this book\u003c\/b\u003e * Suzannah Lipscomb, author, award-winning historian and broadcaster *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003etimely\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003esparkling\u003c\/b\u003e and often \u003cb\u003ehilarious\u003c\/b\u003e book is all that we have come to expect from Alex von Tunzelmann - witty (often wickedly so) \u003cb\u003escintillating\u003c\/b\u003e, skewering pomposity. Readers will relish her eagle-eyed knack of offering jaw dropping anecdote while always keeping us aware of the big picture * Michael Wood, Historian *\u003cbr\u003eLike all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the past to explain what the hell is going on today. She does so with a flair, her signature mix of scholarship and succinctness that is so compelling. \u003cb\u003eIf you want to make sense of the statues debate, and the coming culture war over our history, this is where you need to start\u003c\/b\u003e * Dan Snow *\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra von Tunzelmann has chosen a subject akin to a minefield for her new book, except that the mines are statues and very much above ground . . . Tunzelmann is as skilled a guide as one could wish for; her erudition and light touch are major advantages. \u003cb\u003eThere is not a dull sentence in the book\u003c\/b\u003e, which from the moment American revolutionaries topple George III in New York, grips the reader from start to finish. -- Michael Burleigh * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a \u003cb\u003elively, engaging and often witty\u003c\/b\u003e exploration of why statues are put up, why they are taken down and what this teaches us about history and memory . . .   If it has an agenda, it's one that urges us to see the layers, the nuance and the different points of view * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eForensically unpicking polemical arguments from all sides in the debate, von Tunzelmann calmly and deftly guides us through this important issue, while never stopping being hugely informative, surprising and entertaining. * Aspects of History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimely and necessary.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philippe Sands * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eAlex von Tunzelmann deftly captures ... [that] ... statues are always works in progress: toppled, moved, reworked, re-erected and reinterpreted. There has never been a time when they were not contested. -- Mary Beard * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a \u003cb\u003etimely, well written and often entertaining \u003c\/b\u003elook at statues that were pulled down not only in 2020's wave of iconoclasm but in other places and at other times too. * New Statesman - Books of the Year, Richard J Evans *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent\u003c\/b\u003e -- Professor Anna Whitelock * BBC History Magazine *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371948417367,"sku":"9781472281913","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fallen-idols-9781472281913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}