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The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan. He would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - by himself. Maurice Wilson didn't know how to climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Wilson is a man written out of the history books - dismissed as an eccentric and a charlatan by many, but held in the highest regard by many mountaineers. The Moth and the Mountain restores him to his rightful place in the annals of Everest and in doing so attempts to answer that perennial question - why do we climb mountains?

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780241262313

eBay Product ID (ePID)25046687829

Product Key Features

Book TitleThe Moth and the Mountain: a True Story of Love, War and Everest

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicGeography & Geosciences

GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports

TypeTextbook

AuthorEd Caesar

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height240 mm

Item Weight499 g

Item Width162 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorEd Caesar

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by neibutle-1
26 May, 2021
better packaging required, my cover was damaged
Hi Guys, I've sent a message before to explain that my beautiful book was badly damaged in the post as it had no protective packaging. I'd like a replacement please. The novel and story will be fantastic but I'd prefer not to read it until I've got my replacement. Please let me know what I need to do to get a new book. Many thanks Neil
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by redmach3
11 Feb, 2021
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by michael56440
19 May, 2021
Great read
Recommended reading by a friend…really interesting and informative read. Thoroughly recommend
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