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.

© 2025 Atlantic Books (Ebook): 9781805464112

Release date

Ebook: 30 October 2025