London's Statues of Women
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2025
Safe Haven Books (Verlag)
978-1-0685162-0-7 (ISBN)
Safe Haven Books (Verlag)
978-1-0685162-0-7 (ISBN)
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The first guidebook to reveal the remarkable variety of statues of women throughout Greater London.
No-one can fail to
notice how many statues of Great Men there are around the capital: stern
politicians, military generals, imperial adventurers . . .
But what about women?
In fact, as this
wonderfully original guidebook shows, women are surprisingly well represented.
Recent years have seen new statues of Virginia Woolf in Richmond, Mary
Wollstonecraft in Stoke Newington, even boxer Nicola Adams in Brent.
But there are also
groundbreaking statues commemorating the Black community, notably the two of
Brixton resident Joy Battick on its railway station platforms. And you’ll find
historical figures from Florence Nightingale to Joan of Arc and Edith Cavell –
as well as Twiggy.
And how many ballet
dancers are commemorated, and where? And which famous tennis player was the
unlikely model for the young girl with dolphin by Tower Bridge? This is a
guidebook that really will make you see London in a new way.
No-one can fail to
notice how many statues of Great Men there are around the capital: stern
politicians, military generals, imperial adventurers . . .
But what about women?
In fact, as this
wonderfully original guidebook shows, women are surprisingly well represented.
Recent years have seen new statues of Virginia Woolf in Richmond, Mary
Wollstonecraft in Stoke Newington, even boxer Nicola Adams in Brent.
But there are also
groundbreaking statues commemorating the Black community, notably the two of
Brixton resident Joy Battick on its railway station platforms. And you’ll find
historical figures from Florence Nightingale to Joan of Arc and Edith Cavell –
as well as Twiggy.
And how many ballet
dancers are commemorated, and where? And which famous tennis player was the
unlikely model for the young girl with dolphin by Tower Bridge? This is a
guidebook that really will make you see London in a new way.
Juliet Rix writes for the Guardian, Times and other national newspapers. She is also an art historian and a tour leader for Martin Randall Travel. She lives in north London.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 200 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 160 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0685162-0-8 / 1068516208 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0685162-0-7 / 9781068516207 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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