The Path of Light

Praise for The Path of Peace:

'A formidable achievement' Rory Stewart

'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer

'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator

'A noble endeavour' New Statesman





In 2020, Anthony Seldon, inspired by a fallen World War I soldier who dreamed of a 'Via



Sacra' to commemorate the war dead and stand as a marker for the triumph of peace, set out



on a 1,000km walk tracing the historic route of the Western Front. But there wasn't to be lasting peace, with the



continent falling into an even more horrific war two decades later.





In The Path of Light, Seldon walks the route from where World War I ended to Auschwitz, discovering the towns and



people who resisted in the face of unbearable destruction, and ruminating on the Second World War's legacy.



Sir Anthony Seldon is an educator, historian, writer and commentator. He is author or editor of over forty books on



contemporary history, politics and education, including the Sunday Times bestsellers Johnson at 10 and Truss at 10.