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This classic account offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop.
Author: Jan Morris
Paperback Published July 2005 176 pages
'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.'-Simon Winchester
'It was Morris who broke the news that a British-led expedition had conquered Mount Everest the day before the Queen's coronation in 1953 . . . Allied to physical courage in getting down the mountain and a dogged resourcefulness in getting the news home, Morris scooped the world and was launched on one of the most remarkable literary careers in the second half of the 20th century.' -Guardian