Into the silence

the Great War, Mallory and the conquest of Everest

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English language

Published April 10, 2011 by Bodley Head.

ISBN:
9781847921840
OCLC Number:
751745018

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If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war.

3 editions

Subjects

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Description and travel
  • Mountaineering expeditions
  • Travel
  • Influence
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Mountaineers
  • Psychology

Places

  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
  • Asia
  • Mount Everest