Why did Britain's most renowned botanic garden in the eighteenth century feature a Turkish mosque? How did two Persian-written cannon find up in a little Welsh town? And who is the Moroccan man portrayed in a long-forgotten portrait that is currently hanging in a stately home in west London? Relics from pre-World War I Britain can be discovered in museums, civic structures, and stately residences all around the country, dispelling myths about contemporary immigration narratives. Fatima Manji explores for a richer and more honest narrative of a country battling with identity and the legacy of colonialism as she travels throughout Britain studying cultural icons.