Paths Of Glory

George Mallory was a schoolteacher who loved mountain climbing. Mallory once told a reporter that he wanted to climb Mt.... (more)

George Mallory was a schoolteacher who loved mountain climbing. Mallory once told a reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, b3sbecause it is there.b4s On his third try in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen four hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999, and it is unknown whether he and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, ever reached the summit. Jeffrey Archer tells his tale, and draws his own conclusion about whether this remarkable man fulfilled his dream. (less)

During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that pl... (more)

During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney. (less)