Paths of Glory

The Sunday Times No. 1 epic new novelinspired by the heroic real-life tale of George Mallory

This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him.

Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such individuals. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he’d fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition?

Paths of Glory is the story of such a man. But not until you’ve turned the last page of this extraordinary novel, will you be able to decide if George Mallory should be added to this list of legends, because if he were, another name would have to be removed.

'Archer at the peak of his imaginative powers' The Times

'Paths of Glory will lead Archer to fans he has never before conquered' The Independent

'The plain storytelling is unimprovable. Few literary writers could do his job better' Sunday Times