The Everest Story

by Tim Vicary

Word count 10,150 Suitable for young readers

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Tim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi.

His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage.

Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.

Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.

Reviews

[Edgars · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesanti atsaukt atmiņā Everesta iekarošanas notikumus. Īsa grāmatiņa, ar kuru var mierīgi tikt galā dienas laikā. Beigās tai vēl atrodami šādi, tādi uzdevumi angļu valodas apmācībai.

[serenityread · Rating 3 out of 5]

An outstanding story about Mount Everest! I read the entire book with excitement, wondering how they would survive the journey. The part about Mallory was the most interesting to me. Finding a body from seventy years ago feels like something out of time travel. The mystery of the first climber is fascinating. I’m curious to learn more and plan to search for more real photos of them

[K. G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Breathtaking stories like summit of Everest. I read without oxgen. :)

[Albert]

After I read this book, I had many feelings. I always thought that there is nothing good about climbing the highest mountain in the world because it’s dangerous and boring. The book agrees with my first argument but it disagrees with my second argument because you can have a wonderful journey by just looking at the highest mountain in the world. Everest. This books tells about the people who had experienced the most dangerous place in the world. For example one of the stories is George Mallory.
He was the first person who claimed the Everest and the person whose body was later found freezer to death by a group of people who wanted to experience the new kind of joy. Which later became their fear. However, the most dangerous place can the most beautiful place says Tim Vicary

[Alexsonphoenix · Rating 3 out of 5]

good

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting story! Text + audio for people who are learning English.

[Noor · Rating 4 out of 5]

حتى اعظم الاكتشافات تسبب الموت لصاحبها.. تحيه للمغامرين الاوائل

[Jelena Hiblović · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 audio book. Very good and interesting story.
Topic of the book matches my interests.
Who was really first climbed to Everest?

[Miguel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Partiendo de que este libro es una edición especial adaptada para lectores que se inician en inglés es una novela que podría estar mejor desarrollada y estructurada.

Para un lector principiante se hace demasiado repetitiva ya que una gran parte de la narración se centra es describir diversos intentos de llegar a la cima del Everest. Quizás lo mas interesante de la historia es el misterio que rodea a la desaparición y muerte de George Mallory y Andrew Irving en 1924 y el desconocimiento que existe sobre si estos escaladores son realmente los primeros seres humanos que hicieron cumbre en el Everest.