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3412209The Moth and the Mountainhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-moth-and-the-mountain-9780241977248/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2383703/41527183-9430-42be-a3e0-f01f6b3301b4.jpg?v=638383901319800000240282MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021</strong><br /><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021</strong></p><p><strong>One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation Dan Jones, author of</strong> <em><strong>The Plantagenets</strong></em></p><p><em><em>A small classic of the biographers art <em>Sunday Times</em></em></em></p><p>In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson 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 - all utterly alone. Wilson didnt 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.</p><p>Maurice 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 world class mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner. <em>The Moth and the Mountain</em> 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?</p><p>A towering, tragic tale rescued from oblivion by Ed Caesars magnificent writing Dan Snow</p><p>This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-dont is a hell of a ride <em>The Times</em></p><p><strong>Its hard to imagine a finer tribute to one of Everests forgotten heroes Elizabeth Day</strong></p>...3348773The Moth and the Mountain240282https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-moth-and-the-mountain-9780241977248/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2383703/41527183-9430-42be-a3e0-f01f6b3301b4.jpg?v=638383901319800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209780241977248_W3siaWQiOiIzNDUxZmFkYy1kYjFkLTQ4NmEtOWM2NC02NzdkZTMxOTYwZTAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI4NiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQzLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780241977248_<p><strong>WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021</strong><br /><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021</strong></p><p><strong>One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation Dan Jones, author of</strong> <em><strong>The Plantagenets</strong></em></p><p><em><em>A small classic of the biographers art <em>Sunday Times</em></em></em></p><p>In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson 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 - all utterly alone. Wilson didnt 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.</p><p>Maurice 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 world class mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner. <em>The Moth and the Mountain</em> 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?</p><p>A towering, tragic tale rescued from oblivion by Ed Caesars magnificent writing Dan Snow</p><p>This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-dont is a hell of a ride <em>The Times</em></p><p><strong>Its hard to imagine a finer tribute to one of Everests forgotten heroes Elizabeth Day</strong></p>(*_*)9780241977248_<p><strong>WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021</strong><br /><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021</strong></p><p><strong>One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation Dan Jones, author of</strong> <em><strong>The Plantagenets</strong></em></p><p><em><em>A small classic of the biographers art <em>Sunday Times</em></em></em></p><p>In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson 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 - all utterly alone. Wilson didnt 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.</p><p>Maurice 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 world class mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner. <em>The Moth and the Mountain</em> 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?</p><p>A towering, tragic tale rescued from oblivion by Ed Caesars magnificent writing Dan Snow</p><p>This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-dont is a hell of a ride <em>The Times</em></p><p><strong>Its hard to imagine a finer tribute to one of Everests forgotten heroes Elizabeth Day</strong></p>...9780241977248_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_7bac2cf5-9bc0-3146-ba9a-a1f6ff840fac_9780241977248;9780241977248_9780241977248Ed CaesarInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/penguinrandomhouseuk-epub-55eec2c9-eaa0-47a5-a14d-36421b515c83.epub2020-11-12T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd