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No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Felice Benuzzi
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Description for No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Paperback. A classic tale of derring-do: The Great Escape meets Touching the Void Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JWXR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 356.
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount ... Read more
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857053770
SKU
V9780857053770
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Ref
99-97
About Felice Benuzzi
Felice Benuzzi was born in Vienna in 1910 and grew up in Trieste, doing his early mountaineering in the Julian Alps. He studied law at Rome University and represented Italy as an international swimmer in 1933-35. Following the conclusion of the war he worked as a diplomat, including with the United Nations. He died in Rome in 1988.
Reviews for No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Benuzzi's sketches and his glorious writing and humour make this an incomparable tribute to camaraderie and daring.
Jane Manaster
San Francisco Book Review
Felice Benuzzi's tale is a real joy. An extraordinary adventure written with a light, deft, humorous touch that makes it irresistibly readable. And it certainly shows that the British don't have a monopoly of ... Read more
Jane Manaster
San Francisco Book Review
Felice Benuzzi's tale is a real joy. An extraordinary adventure written with a light, deft, humorous touch that makes it irresistibly readable. And it certainly shows that the British don't have a monopoly of ... Read more