A review by peterjf2025
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis

4.0

This was an intriguing book and, although I knew a bit about Mallory, it dealt in considerable detail and most insightful. The parts about the various characters lives prior to the attempts on Everest were very interesting and well written. In particular the events of the first world war were quite eye opening for me as I was quite unaware of the culpability and absolute stupidity of the generals running the war and the extent of the carnage they caused.

It was the longest book I have read for many a day and took a long time to read, but it never became tedious or heavy going.