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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. If Hilary's attempt to summit succeeded, how would the news get from Nepal to the London Times, without being scooped by another paper? Morris was invited to join the expedition and used a system of runners and radios to carry the news, and wrote this memoir of the experience. I was blown away by the writing. So elegant and stylish, with some witty bits, and clear and informative about the physical details of the climb. I kept turning down pages where there were great sentences. Now I want to read Morris' Britannia trilogy, which I have. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. 'It was Morris who broke the news that a British-led expedition had conquered Mount Everest the day before the Queen's coronation in 1953 . . . Allied to physical courage in getting down the mountain and a dogged resourcefulness in getting the news home, Morris scooped the world and was launched on one of the most remarkable literary careers in the second half of the twentieth century.' Guardian Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan '45, A Writer's World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. No library descriptions found. |
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