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Far, Far the Mountain Peak

by John Masters Book 5 in the Savage Family Chronicles series.

First published 1957

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Beginning at Cambridge in 1902, Peter Savage decides that success must be achieved at any cost. He enters the Indian Civil Service and turns mountaineering into another arena for ambition, drawing friends, rivals and the woman he marries into a life organised around his determination to dominate both career and mountain.

The story spans the years before and during the First World War and returns repeatedly to India, where early nationalism, imperial administration and the lure of the Himalayas shape Peter’s choices. War and personal disaster gradually expose the damage caused by his ruthlessness, turning a story of achievement into a study of ambition, marriage and the possibility of self-knowledge.

Historical Periods

World War I1914–1918 CE British Raj1858–1947 CE

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Exploration & Survival Fiction Historical Sagas Social & Domestic Fiction War Fiction

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