An edition of The steady running of the hour (2014)

The steady running of the hour

a novel

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • 1.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 1.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
November 2, 2021 | History
An edition of The steady running of the hour (2014)

The steady running of the hour

a novel

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • 1.00 ·
  • 1 Rating
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could change Tristan's life forever. In 1924, Prichard explains, an English alpinist named Ashley Walsingham died attempting to summit Mt. Everest, leaving his fortune to his former lover, Imogen Soames-Andersson. But the estate was never claimed. Information has recently surfaced suggesting Tristan may be the rightful heir, but unless he can find documented evidence, the fortune will be divided among charitable beneficiaries in less than two months. In a breathless race from London archives to Somme battlefields to the Eastfjords of Iceland, Tristan pieces together the story of a forbidden affair set against the tumult of the First World War and the pioneer British expeditions to Mt. Everest. Following his instincts through a maze of frenzied research, Tristan soon becomes obsessed with the tragic lovers, and he crosses paths with a mysterious French girl named Mireille who suggests there is more to his quest than he realizes. Tristan must prove that he is related to Imogen to inherit Ashley's fortune -- but the more he learns about the couple, the stranger his journey becomes. ... Part love story, part historical tour de force, Justin Go's novel is utterly compelling, unpredictable, and heartrending"--

". . . A young American discovers he may be the heir to the estate of an English WWI officer and alpinist, left unclaimed for nearly 80 years, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the true story of the officer's love affair with the woman who may or may not be his great-grandmother"--

Publish Date
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
466

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Steady Running of the Hour
Steady Running of the Hour
2015, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The steady running of the hour
The steady running of the hour
2014, William Heinemann
in English
Cover of: The steady running of the hour
The steady running of the hour: a novel
2014, Simon & Schuster
in English - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Add another edition?

Book Details


Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.6
Library of Congress
PS3607.O22 S74 2014, PS3607.O22S74 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
466 pages :
Number of pages
466

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26453314M
Internet Archive
steadyrunningofh0000goju
ISBN 10
1476704589, 1476704597
ISBN 13
9781476704586, 9781476704593, 9781476704609
LCCN
2013027387
OCLC/WorldCat
852226421

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
November 2, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
October 5, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
November 14, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
May 23, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
May 25, 2018 Created by ImportBot import new book