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Paths of Glory

Jeffrey Archer

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Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream…and once he’d fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition?

This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest “because it’s there.” On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999. And it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit

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St. Bees, Cumbria, Tuesday, July 19th, 1892
If you had asked George why he’d begun walking toward the rock, he wouldn’t have been able to tell you. The fact that he had to wade into the sea to reach his goal didn’t appear to concern him, even though he couldn’t swim.
Only one person on the beach that morning showed the slightest interest in the six-year-old boy’s progress. The Reverend Leigh Mallory folded his copy of The Times and placed it on the sand at his feet.

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Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Jeffrey Archer's novel Paths of Glory. Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest "because it's there." On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999.

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Praise for Paths of Glory

“One of the top ten storytellers in the world.” —Los Angeles Times

“There isn’t a better story-teller alive.” —Larry King

“Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages.” —The Boston Globe

“Cunning plots, silken style…. Archer plays a cat-and-mouse game with the reader.” —The New York Times

“Archer is a master entertainer.” —Time

“A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas…unsurpassed skill.” —Washington Post

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JC rated it

May 13, 2012

One of the best books I've read in some time. Archer does a biographical type novel that follows the well known English climber from the first part of the 20th century. George Mallory is thought by many to be the first man to stand on top of the highest mountain in the world - Everest. The book g... ...more

Sundarraj rated it

May 10, 2012

The author takes one to Himalayan heights. The book is about the mountaineer George Mallory who made the first attempt to scale Mount Everest.
Nobody knows for sure if he made it, but in the book he and his partner make it to the top of the world. On the way back both die a tragic death and so the... ...more

Srishti rated it

Mar 22, 2012

This was my first Jeffrey Archer and it was surprisingly good! Although there were no path-breaking twists and turns which is more of Dan Brown style, the book kept me interested till the very end so much so that I even read what happened to all the people related to Mallory after 1924!
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Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain’s House of Commons and fourteen years in the House of Lords. All of his novels and short story collections--including And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Kane and Abel, and False Impression--have been international bestselling books. Archer is married with two sons and lives in London and Cambridge.

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Paths of Glory

Jeffrey Archer

Mass Market Paperbound

St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Paperbacks
December 2009
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780312539528
ISBN10: 0312539525
4 3/16 x 7 1/2 inches, 448 pages

$9.99

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