A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest
An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, Wade Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. Davis is the author of 15 books including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River, and The Wayfinders. His many film credits include Light at the Edge of the World, an eight-hour documentary series produced for the National Geographic Channel. In 2009 he received the Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his contributions to anthropology and conservation, and he is the 2011 recipient of the Explorers Medal, the highest award of the Explorers' Club. In 2012 he will receive the Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration.
"Maybe the prime minister should read it"
*Guardian*
"I was enthralled by Wade Davis’s Into the Silence, an account of
three failed Everest expeditions leading up to the death of Mallory
in 1924, which brilliantly places those feats of endurance in the
context of British imperialism and the psychological aftermath of
the First World War"
*The Times*
"I was captivated. Wade Davis has penned an exceptional book on an
extraordinary generation. From the pathos of the trenches to the
inevitable tragedies high on Everest this is a book deserving of
awards. Monumental in its scope and conception it nevertheless
remains hypnotically fascinating throughout. A wonderful story
tinged with sadness"
*Joe Simpson, author of Touching the Void*
"Into the Silence succeeds not only because Davis's research has
been prodigious, but because every sentence has been struck with
conviction, every image evoked with fierce reverence – for the
heartbreaking twilight era, for the magnificent resilience of its
survivors, for their mission, for Mallory, for his mountain. An
epic worthy of its epic"
*Caroline Alexander, author of The Endurance and The War That
Killed Achilles*
"Into the Silence is a breathtaking triumph. An astonishing piece
of research, it is also intensely moving, evoking the courage,
chivalry, and sacrifice that drove Mallory and his companions
through the war and to ever greater heights"
*William Shawcross, author of The Queen Mother*
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