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Killing Dragons

Fergus Fleming

2000398 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Atlantic Monthly Press · 398 pages · ENGISBN 9780871137784
  • 2000Granta Books · 398 pages · ENGISBN 9781862073791
  • 2001Granta Books · 400 pagesISBN 9781862074538
  • 2002Atlantic Monthly Press · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780802138675

"Here be dragons" said the old maps. In the late-18th century, a few brave men started to venture up the mountains of Switzerland to discover the secrets hidden in their snowy peaks. Then the British arrived and "mountaineering" was born. This is a history of the conquest of the Alps.

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