Ebook: The last Englishmen : love, war, and the end of empire
Author: Deborah Baker
- Tags: Auden J B -- 1903-1991, Spender Michael -- 1907-1945, Sharp Nancy -- 1909-2001, Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Surveyors -- Great Britain -- Biography, Geologists -- Great Britain -- Biography, India -- History -- British occupation 1765-1947, British -- India -- History, British -- India -- Social life and customs, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Graywolf Press
- Language: English
- epub
"John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. 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 to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest's summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain's struggle to maintain power over India. To Read more...