Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis (Paperback, 2012)

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They do not make them like that any more. And there would always only ever be one Mallory. From the pathos of the trenches to the inevitable tragedies high on Everest this is a book deserving of awards.

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WINNER OF THE 2012 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE. A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest WINNER OF THE 2012 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest 'The price of life is death' For Mallory, as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive. While the quest for Mount Everest may have begun as a grand imperial gesture, it ended as a mission of revival for a country and a lost generation bled white by war. In a monumental work of history and adventure, Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept climbing on that fateful day.

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PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780099563839
eBay Product ID (ePID)117368009

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Number of Pages672 Pages
Publication NameInto the Silence: the Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorWade Davis
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories, Sports
FormatPaperback

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Item Height216 mm
Item Weight680 g
Item Width135 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorWade Davis

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