Fallen idols twelve statues that made history
In 2020, history came tumbling down. But as the past three hundred years have shown, history is not erased when statues are removed. Exploring the rise and fall of twelve famous, yet now controversial statues, Alex von Tunzelmann takes us on a fascinating global historical tour filled with larger th...
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the making of history
- A revolutionary beginning : King George III
- From prince to pariah : William, Duke of Cumberland
- The cult leader : Joseph Stalin
- Imposing erections : Rafael Trujillo
- The great white elephant : King George V
- "The horror! The horror!" : King Leopold II
- Lying in state : Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- "The desert of the real" : Saddam Hussein
- Colossus : Cecil Rhodes
- Dedicated to a lost cause : Robert E. Lee
- Making a splash : Edward Colston
- American idol : George Washington
- Conclusion : making our own history.
