Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

by Alex von Tunzelmann

Book Overview

An Economist Best Book of the Year

In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers--and confronts--the past.

In 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to Belgium, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, Black Lives Matter protesters defaced, and in some cases, hauled down...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063081679
• ISBN13: 9780063081673
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.3"