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Author: Sir Edmund Hillary ,
Tom Scott
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Corgi Books
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.287kg
ISBN: 9780552151047
ISBN 10: 0552151041
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 02 April 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
'View from the Summit is a memorable read, the tale of a true survivor, who not only overcame the hazards of Everest but put the fame this brought him to remarkable use' * Mail on Sunday * 'A great read from a writer of remarkable ability' * The Times * 'One of the most marvellous lives of our time' * Literary Review * 'Unavoidably gripping...gives an excellent sense of the constant risk when climbing at high altitude' * Sunday Telegraph * 'Sterling stuff...You can only stand back and gape in admiration' * Sunday Star Time (NZ) *
'Sterling stuff...You can only stand back and gape in admiration' Sunday Star Time (NZ) 'Unavoidably gripping...gives an excellent sense of the constant risk when climbing at high altitude' Sunday Telegraph 'One of the most marvellous lives of our time' Literary Review 'A great read from a writer of remarkable ability' The Times 'View from the Summit is a memorable read, the tale of a true survivor, who not only overcame the hazards of Everest but put the fame this brought him to remarkable use' Mail on Sunday
'Sterling stuff...You can only stand back and gape in admiration' * Sunday Star Time (NZ) * 'Unavoidably gripping...gives an excellent sense of the constant risk when climbing at high altitude' * Sunday Telegraph * 'One of the most marvellous lives of our time' * Literary Review * 'A great read from a writer of remarkable ability' * The Times * 'View from the Summit is a memorable read, the tale of a true survivor, who not only overcame the hazards of Everest but put the fame this brought him to remarkable use' * Mail on Sunday *
Author Information
Sir Edmund Hillary was born in 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand and served in the New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War. Knighted for his ascent of Everest in 1953, he achieved many more adventuring 'firsts' before establishing the Himalayan Trust, an organization devoted to improving the lives of people living in the Himalayas. He has two surviving children by his first wife, Louise, who died tragically in a plane crash with their third child, Belinda. He then married June, widow of his Antarctic partner Pete Mulgrew. Sir Edmund and Lady Hillary lived in Auckland until his death in 2008.
