An engrossing story of passion and exploration that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.
Remarkable'
Neel Mukherjee `An exuberant, scene-changing, shapeshifting group biography'
Spectator.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there is something Tolstoyan to Baker's vast project... '
Wholly original...
With a cast including writers, artists, political rogues and spies, this is narrative history at its most engaging and illuminating.
From Calcutta to pre-war London to Everest itself, The Last Englishmen tracks a generation obsessed with a romantic ideal.
Her choice would determine each man's wartime loyalties.
To this rivalry was added another: their shared love for a painter named Nancy Sharp.
Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest.
H.
While their younger brothers - W.
Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest.
John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas.
An engrossing story of passion and exploration that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order
