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John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to survey the northern approach to the summit of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers - W.H Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain's efforts to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named N
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Baker, Deborah, 1959- author
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099593157
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (54 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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