The Race to the Top of the World
$42.50
- Hardcover
560 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. A captivating story of adventure, daring, despair and triumph from Australia’s favourite storyteller.
Last century, two men, thirty years apart, set out to become the first to conquer the highest point in the world. Their names are synonymous with adventure - George Mallory and Edmund Hillary. One travelled from England, the other New Zealand, both seeking to tes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733650321 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733650325 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 240mm |
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer. For the past 39 years, he has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including Breaker Morant, Burke and Wills, Monash’s Masterpiece, Kokoda, and The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop. He has also written biographies of notable Australians such as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake, and John Eales. His passion is to tell Australian stories – our own stories – of great men and women and of stirring events in our history.
Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney, and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife, Lisa Wilkinson AM – author, journalist, magazine editor, and television presenter – have three children and live in Sydney.
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