Killing Dragons by Fergus Fleming
In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps. Fleming recounts the incredible exploits of the men whose centuries-old fear of the mountain range turned quickly to curiosity, then to obsession, as they explored Europe's frozen wilderness. In the late eighteenth century French and Swiss scientists became interested in the Alps as a research destination, but in the 1850s the focus changed: the icy mountains now offered an all-out competition for British climbers who wanted to conquer ever higher and more impossible heights, and explorers fought each other on the peaks and in the press, entertaining a vast public smitten with their bravery, delighted by their personal animosities, and horrified by the disasters that befell them. .excellent popular history, with its proper share of mad dogs and Englishmen.Fleming's rendition is dramatic and masterful. -- Anthony Brandt, National Geographic AdventureFergus Fleming is the bestselling author of Barrow's Boys, Cassell's Tales of Endurance, Killing Dragons, Ninety Degrees North, and The Sword and the Cross, and one of Britain's foremost historians of exploration.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780871137784 |
| ISBN 10 | 087113778X |
| Title | Killing Dragons |
| Author | Fergus Fleming |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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