Paths of Glory - Brossura

Archer, Jeffrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312539525 ISBN 13: 9780312539528

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream...and once he'd fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition?

This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest "because it's there." On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999. And it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit

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L'autore:

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons and fourteen years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections--including And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Kane and Abel, and False Impression--have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.

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A novel about one man's extraordinary quest to climb Mt. Everest from the one writer who could bring such a towering, epic tale vividly to life

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer

Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream...and once he'd fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition?

PATHS OF GLORY

This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest "because it's there." On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999. And it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit...

"There isn't a better storyteller alive."—Larry King

"A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas."—Washington Post

"Archer is a master entertainer."—Time

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• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312539525
• ISBN 13: 9780312539528
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 435