{"product_id":"9780008713140","title":"Lest We Forget - SIGNED EDITION","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSIGNED BOOKPLATE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tessa Dunlop\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern period, c 1500 onwards | c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) | Sculpture | Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc | True stories of heroism, endurance \u0026amp; survival | Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 | Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 | Social \u0026amp; cultural history | Colonialism \u0026amp; imperialism | Military history | Second World War\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e April 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperNorth) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages \u003cbr\u003e240mm x 159mm | 750G\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eWhat monuments to conflict, and the people they commemorate, tell us about our history and ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003e'When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.' John Maxwell Edmonds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003ePublished for the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War Two, this poignant book examines the inspirations and individuals behind our statue-studded country to rediscover war-torn Britain in 100 monuments. Acclaimed historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the British Isles on a quest to uncover a story of national warring and national mourning, of fighting each other and of fighting together. Lest We Forget casts new light on the map of Britain through hidden treasures and uncomfortable truths, and asks what our war heroes and monuments say about us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eWhy did Scotland take nearly 600 years to commemorate its most famous freedom fighter? When did Wellington become anti-Establishment? Who are the Glorious Dead? Can the Cenotaph stay above politics? Why does Balmoral Estate’s memorial have swastikas on it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eThrough veteran testimony, newspaper archive and oral history, Tessa Dunlop will bring to life the personalities and the pitfalls, the pride and the pain involved in marking war across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales in a monumental British story\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954610327927,"sku":"9780008713140","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008713140.jpg?v=1739291653","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780008713140","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}