No Picnic on Mount Kenya - Felice Benuzzi

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

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Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2015
MacLehose Press (Verlag)
978-0-85705-376-3 (ISBN)
23,65 inkl. MwSt
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A classic tale of derring-do: The Great Escape meets Touching the Void
In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of P.O.W. Camp 354. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, it is little wonder when one prisoner realises he can bear it no longer.

When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, 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 Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return.

This is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places.

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.

Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 146 x 220 mm
Gewicht 468 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Reisen Reiseberichte
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-85705-376-0 / 0857053760
ISBN-13 978-0-85705-376-3 / 9780857053763
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