There's a Book for That: Mount Everest | Penguin Random House I was enthralled by Wade Davis’s Into the Silence, an account of three failed Everest expeditions leading up to the death of Mallory in 1924, which brilliantly places those feats of endurance in the context of British imperialism and the psychological aftermath of the First World War -- Ben Macintyre ― The Times Into the Silence, by Wade Davis, is quite simply the best... Into Great Silence: The Trailer For Philip Gröning's Grand Chartreuse SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest. The lure of conquering Everest from its birth during imperial ambitions to the post World War I flurry of attempts. Hardcover - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - 2011 - Etat : Very Fine - Fine - New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2011. 8vo. Xiv 657pp. Map endpapers. With numerous photo plates. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The lure of conquering Everest from its birth during imperial ambitions to the post World War I flurry of attempts. Recounting the adventurers who sought to conquer the peak. - INTO THE SILENCE. The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest