WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation' Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets**'A small classic of the biographer...

WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR'Lyrical and passionate ... a celebration of the human spirit and what it can achieve' ObserverTwo hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we have reached the mountaintop....

'Starts with a bang and never lets up until the final page. Compulsively readable . . . a spy story, a war story and a love story. A rousing, rollicking, entirely thrilling book' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of London FallingIn 1941, a young Belgian woman organised an escape line, crossing rivers and traversing mountains in order to spirit hundreds of British soldiers back to England. The Comet Line, as it became known, was the greatest escape service of t...

“An outstanding book.” —The Wall Street Journal * “Gripping at every turn.” —Outside * “A hell of a ride.” —The Times (London)An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceive...

'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation' Dan Jones, author of The PlantagenetsThe untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest alone.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a litt...

“An outstanding book.” —The Wall Street Journal * “Gripping at every turn.” —Outside * “A hell of a ride.” —The Times (London)An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceive...

***One of the 57 Most Anticipated Books Of 2021—ElleShivering, exhausted, gasping for oxygen, beyond doubt . . .**A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as “the Year Everest Broke.” What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul—and your life—if you let it.The...

A gripping, vividly told journey into a family's wartime past, from the bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches‘Endearingly personal, honest and reflective … invites you to rethink where memory ends and history begins’ Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Books of the Year'As I finished his book, I began to see my own family’s past through his glass mountain' Ian Ellison, Literary ReviewMalcolm Gaskill knew two things about...

This is the story of a hidden Britain. A Black Britain. One that existed outside London and forces us to reappraise what it means to be British.'A vital corrective' STEVE MCQUEEN'A revelation' NESRINE MALIK'Necessary and urgent' GUARDIAN'Joyous' GQ**AN OBSERVER, GQ MAGAZINE, ESQUIRE AND INEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025 AND A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK‘A dazzlingly inventive work of literature’ Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir' James Rebanks, author of English Pastoral_____________________________________________________________________At the heart...

**** A NATURE, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND THE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **A mind-expanding journey into our planet’s least explored and most critical frontier: the ocean – and the astonishing, ancient creatures who call it home.'An enchanting book'** SUNDAY TIMES'Magic' TOM MUSTILL, author of How to Speak WhaleFor hundreds of millions of years, the seas’ spineless creatures were the only animals on Earth. H...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT**** 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on both sides' -The Telegraph'A sprawling history of D-Day from the point of view of participants on both sides.' -Kirkus'A masterpiece of oral history. Stirring, surprisin...