The Sunlit Summit: The Life of W. H. Murray - Hardcover

Lloyd-Jones, Robin; Macfarlane, Robert

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Synopsis

William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy, he wrote his first classic book, Mountaineering in Scotland, on rough toilet paper

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About the Author

Robin Lloyd-Jones grew up in India and studied at Cambridge. He has served as President of the Scottish Association of Writers (1993-1996) and the Scottish Branch of PEN International (1997-2000) and has also taught Creative Writing at Glasgow University. His book The Sunlit Summit was Saltire Society Research Book of the Year Award in 2013 and his novel The Dreamhouse was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1985.

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ISBN 10:  1910124184 ISBN 13:  9781910124185
Publisher: Sandstone Press, 2015
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