Peter Savage,a cold natured, lonely man marries Emily Fenton a wealthy, strong-willed woman,who strives to change his attitude of indifference and destructive effects on those who become close to him and whom he uses at first as ladders to his ambitions.An absolutely thrilling account of mountaineering and the personality struggles between himself and his fellow climbers as they attempt to challenge each other to be the first to conquer Mount Meru.
Set during and just after the first world war Peter Savage tries his will and his friends to breaking point.
A thrilling well written story describing his involvement in India's restless throes of its early nationalism and his final belief in people as individuals instead of rivals
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