Dr Tessa Dunlop – Lest We Forget: War and Peace in 100 British Monuments

Published 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 Dr Tessa Dunlop travelled 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. Through veteran testimony, newspaper archive and oral history, Tessa brings 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.