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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.
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.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 246 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781906469528 |
| ISBN-10: | 1906469520 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mcnee, Alan |
| Hersteller: | Victorian Secrets |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Alan Mcnee |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.05.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,362 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 246 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781906469528 |
| ISBN-10: | 1906469520 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mcnee, Alan |
| Hersteller: | Victorian Secrets |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Alan Mcnee |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.05.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,362 kg |
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