{"product_id":"fallen-9781838959814","title":"Fallen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Mick Conefrey''s \u003ci\u003eFalle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his \"Because it''s there!\"'' Peter Hillary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Mick Conefrey''s gripping account explores the 1924 expedition and the enigma of the man \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewho nearly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emade it to the summit.'' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Mick Conefrey has become one of our finest gazetteers of the Himalaya.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years following his disappearance, George Mallory was elevated into an all-British hero - handsome, charismatic and daring, he was the ''Galahad'' of Everest, who had died while taking on the ultimate challenge. But he was also a risk taker who could never get behind the wheel of a car without overtaking the vehicle in front; a climber who pushed himself and those around him to the limits; and a chaotic technophobe who was forever losing equipment or mishandling it, putting himself and his colleagues in danger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on diaries, letters, memoirs and thousands of contemporary documents, \u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e is a forensic account of Mallory''s last expedition to Everest in 1924, as well as an attempt to get to know the real Mallory; to get under his skin, understand the forces that made him and destroyed him and separate the man from the myth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042883043671,"sku":"9781838959814","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781838959814.jpg?v=1750956056","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fallen-9781838959814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}