num_pages: 176
description: This classic account offers an intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop, as it was Morris who, in 1953, broke the news that a British-led expedition had conquered Mount Everest the day before the Queen's coronation.
language: English
title: Coronation Everest
titlecomplete: Coronation Everest
genres: Biography, History, British Literature, Journalism, Mountaineering, Climbing, Asia, Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure
ratings_count: 198
publisher: Faber & Faber