The Story of Mont Blanc
Author | : Albert Smith |
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Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) |
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Author | : Albert Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) |
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Author | : Albert Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) |
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Author | : Gisbert Brunner |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-09-06 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 2080301586 |
Minerva-Montblanc embodies a rich heritage and produces original, beautiful, and luxurious timepieces. The Minerva watch manufacture, established in 1858, produces fine handmade watches in a time-honored fashion. A forward-looking brand, it encourages new and modern tools and production while maintaining the spirit of a small company. In 2007, Minerva joined forces with renowned fountain pen producer Montblanc and created the Minerva Institute for Research in Fine Watchmaking to safeguard the company’s savoir faire and craftsmanship. Reviving the most sophisticated tradition of Swiss watchmaking, the company’s legendary models include the two single-button chronographs of the Villeret 1858 Collection and the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec-the first Montblanc movement entirely conceived in the manufacture’s workshops.
Author | : ALBERT. SMITH |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
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ISBN | : 9781033369821 |
Author | : Albert Smith |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1854 |
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Author | : Jens Rösler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1993 |
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ISBN | : 9783767211742 |
Author | : Alan McNee |
Publisher | : Victorian Secrets |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2015-05-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1906469679 |
Albert Smith is one of the most famous Victorians of whom you've probably never heard. During his lifetime, he was a household name, thrilling audiences with his Ascent of Mont Blanc show at London's Egyptian Hall. An inveterate showman, Smith was also a doctor, journalist, raconteur, novelist, travel writer, and playwright. His many talents were outstripped only by his boundless self-belief and huge personality. Even Queen Victoria described him in her journal as "inimitable", an epithet Smith's contemporary Charles Dickens liked to reserve for himself. Although Smith died aged only 43, he managed to pack much incident into his short life. He was robbed by highwaymen in Italy, narrowly escaped death in a hot air ballooning accident, and dodged arrest in Paris during the June Days Uprising of 1848. He also got caught up in the row over Dickens's affair with Ellen Ternan. While his bumptiousness made Smith a divisive figure, many saw in him the Victorian ideal of the self-made man: energetic, imaginative, and ready to seize any new opportunity. As Alan McNee explains in this lively biography, it was his intrepid ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851 that propelled Smith to stardom. His subsequent show inspired 'Mont Blanc mania', encouraging participation in mountaineering as a popular pursuit. The Cockney Who Sold the Alps is a story of ambition, spectacle, and the fleeting nature of celebrity.
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Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2020-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780371580165 |
Author | : Albert 1816-1860 Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2016-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781372340772 |
Author | : Lionel Terray |
Publisher | : Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2008-09-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1680510843 |
"If my library was to somehow catch fire and I could only save one book, the long out of print Conquistadors of the Useless, by Lionel Terray, would be it." -- Explore magazine "The finest mountaineering narrative ever written." -- David Roberts, author of Mountain of My Fear * One of National Geographic Adventure's "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time" * The story of ground-breaking climbs told with insight and wit * A mountaineering classic brought back into print Frenchman Lionel Terray is one of mountaineering history's greatest alpinists, and his autobiography, Conquistadors of the Useless, stands among the "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Following World War II, when France desperately needed successes to heal its wounds, Terray emerged as a national hero, conquering summits atop the planet's highest mountains. This biography of Lionel Terry is filled with first-time feats and acts of bravery in the face of unspeakable odds. He climbed with legends such as Maurice Herzog, Gaston Rebuffat, and Louis Lachenal. He made first ascents in the Alps, Alaska, the Andes, and the Himalaya. Terray's gripping story captures the energy of an optimistic world shaking off the restraints of war and austerity. It's a mountaineering classic.