How the English Made the Alps
Download or Read eBook How the English Made the Alps PDF written by Jim Ring and published by John Murray Pubs Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Jim Ring |
Publisher | : John Murray Pubs Limited |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0719556910 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780719556913 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis How the English Made the Alps by : Jim Ring
Book excerpt: "Part history, part biography, How the English Made the Alps brings the characters in this saga vividly to life - the artists, scientists and gentleman-adventurers who first explored the Alps, the invalids who flocked there in search of health, and the aristocrats, eccentrics and mountain-scramblers who followed. It suggests that English alpinism was both an expression of and a reaction to Britain's great imperial age - a spirit perfectly embodied by the man who died on Everest and who may have been its first conqueror, George Leigh Mallory."--BOOK JACKET.