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Hardback. New. A dramatic and compelling reappraisal of George Mallory published to coincide with the centenary of his mysterious disappearance on Mount Everest in 1924

Allen & Unwin, 2024. Hardcover. New. main edition. 352 pages. 9.53x6.34x1.34 inches.

London: Allen Unwin, 2024. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. So who was the real Mallory and what were the forces that made him and ultimately destroyed him? Why did the man who denounced oxygen sets as 'damnable heresy' in 1922 perish on an oxygen-powered summit attempt two years later? And above all, what made him go back to Everest for the third time? Based on diaries, letters, memoirs and thousands of contemporary documents, Fallen is both a forensic account of Mallory's last expedition to Everest in 1924 and an attempt to get under his skin and separate the man from the myth. 344pp..