The Path of Light Walking to Auschwitz

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.