{"product_id":"moth-the-mountain","title":"Moth \u0026 The Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation'' Dan Jones, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Plantagenets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eA small classic of the biographer''s art'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone. Wilson didn''t know how to climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Wilson is a man written out of the history books - dismissed as an eccentric and a charlatan by many, but held in the highest regard by world class mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner. \u003ci\u003eThe Moth and the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e restores him to his rightful place in the annals of Everest and in doing so attempts to answer that perennial question - why do we climb mountains?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A towering, tragic tale rescued from oblivion by Ed Caesar''s magnificent writing'' Dan Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-don''t is a hell of a ride'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It''s hard to imagine a finer tribute to one of Everest''s forgotten heroes'' Elizabeth Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315290612094,"sku":"NW9780241977255","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241977255.jpg?v=1778688865","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/moth-the-mountain","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}