Paths of Glory - Jeffery Archer

 Another master piece by Jeffery Archer was released this year and inspite of not being a big fan of contemporary fiction, due to the star ratings and reviews of this best seller in newspapers/magazines, i couldnt resist the temptation of buying this book and giving it a go..

The story is a novelised version of expetition to mount everest in the year 1924..George Mallory is the protagonist who's earnestness to climb Mount Everest - 29000 ft highest mountain on our planet.

  A mixture of all these aspects of life have been punched into this novel:

Respect for the mightiness of nature

Politics 

Competitive spirit

Leadership

Relationship

Mystery

Adventure

Characters:

Friends Young/George Finch

Wife Ruth - The part played by Ruth-George's wife is that of the sacrifices she had to make while her husband was pursuing the dream of his life and she was battling life on her own with three kids to attend to..

Hinks - Secretary of climbing society RGS- Royal Geographical Society - He represents the bane of autocratic powers limit the creative and democratic attributes which should be inherent in a Society with an interest in promoting both academic and non-academic appreciation of geography  ,leading one of the prestigious and dauting expetitions of all times and in history of mountain climbing.