{"product_id":"9780099593157","title":"The Last Englishmen : Love, War and the End of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Baker, Deborah \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/07\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099593157,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Kekoo Naoroji Award for Mountain Literature 2019An engrossing story of passion and exploration that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers – W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender – achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest. To this rivalry was added another: their shared love for a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine each man’s wartime loyalties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Calcutta to pre-war London to Everest itself, The Last Englishmen tracks a generation obsessed with a romantic ideal. With a cast including writers, artists, political rogues and spies, this is narrative history at its most engaging and illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wholly original... It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there is something Tolstoyan to Baker's vast project... Remarkable' Neel Mukherjee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘An exuberant, scene-changing, shapeshifting group biography’ Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697913200684,"sku":"9780099593157","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099593157.jpg?v=1722606873","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780099593157","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}