{"product_id":"9780241977255","title":"The Moth and the Mountain : A True Story of Love, War and Everest","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Caesar, Ed, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/06\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiography: historical political \u0026amp; military, Expeditions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241977255\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eThe untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Traumatised by his wartime experiences and leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, Wilson believed that Everest could redeem him. This is the tale of an adventurer unlike any you have ever encountered: an unforgettable story about the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity.\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 renowned mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Moth and the Mountain 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40240905715865,"sku":"9780241977255","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780241977255.jpg?v=1622646957","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780241977255","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}