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On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain`s Statues

This 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 onto the front line of our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the inspirational stories of many of those commemorated on our streets, such as suffragettes and the only soldier awarded a Victoria Cross on D-Day. The book features interviews with sculptors including Sir Antony Gormley telling the stories behind some of our most popular modern statues. Part history book, part travelogue, `On a Pedestal` discovers Britain through its statues. It`s a book that, ultimately, is more about blood than bronze.

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