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Ed Douglas

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Ed Douglas is a prize-winning writer about mountains whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tenzing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty-five years and was for a decade the editor of mountaineering’s oldest publication, the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.

Books by Ed Douglas
Himalaya
Ed Douglas

The first major history of the Himalaya – an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world's highest mountains

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Upland
Ed Douglas

The first complete history of Britain’s mountains, capturing the beauty, tragedy and pivotal role of these dramatic landscapes in the nation’s past and future

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Regions of the Heart
David Rose, Ed Douglas

The extraordinary life and tragic death of one of the world's most gifted mountaineers

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