When the Alps Cast Their Spell: Mountaineers of the Alpine Golden Age

It was during the mid-to-late Victorian era, the Golden Age of mountaineering, when a band of British mountaineers began to explore the higher reaches and peaks of the Alps. Braham tells this story primarily through the lives of six Victorian founding fathers – Alfred Wills, John Tyndall, Leslie Stephen, Adolphus Moore, Edward Whymper, and Albert Mummery. Included are biographical portraits of each of the six men, detailed notes and a comprehensive listing of Alpine first ascents.

Winner of the 2004 Boardman-Tasker Award for Mountaineering Literature.