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In the Silence of Everest: The Race for the World's Highest Peak

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This is the story of the British adventurers who persevered during the First World War and went on to risk their lives in another battle, the Battle of Everest.

On June 6, 1924, two members of an expedition set out from their summit bid. George Mallory was Britain's finest mountaineer, and Andrew Irvine was an Oxford scholar with little mountaineering experience—neither of them returned.

Bestselling author Wade Davis, drawing on over a decade of research, vividly recreates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his companions, considering their significant achievements, within a broad historical context: from 19th-century Britain's imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory's generation. Their country was broken, but the Everest expeditions became a powerful symbol of national hope. Through his insightful research, Wade Davis creates a portrait of these extraordinary men and the extraordinary times in which they lived.
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