{"product_id":"into-the-silence-the-great-war-mallory-and-the-conquest-of-everest-by-wade-davis","title":"INTO THE SILENCE: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis","description":"\u003cp\u003eINTO THE SILENCE: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Wade Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781847921857\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium paperback \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: The Bodley Head 2001, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 155 w x 235 h x 50 h\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 655\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2503\/U405\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nOn June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest's North Col. Neither of them returned. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain's finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain's nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory's generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNew with light shelf wear on covers and page edges due storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452083749156,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3877502124195058928.jpg?v=1793159583","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/into-the-silence-the-great-war-mallory-and-the-conquest-of-everest-by-wade-davis","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}