Description
Book SynopsisThis is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren''t. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.
As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool''s Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby''s nose and in Glasgow learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head. London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths about racism.
Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . .
On a Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing
Trade Review
It's about the good and the bad in people, and how the two intertwine; it's about who we love to celebrate, who want to punish, and who we want to see immortalized * Bath Magazine *
