“Whether it’s George’s wife Ruth writing about how she was posting him plum cakes and a grapefruit to the trenches – he said the grapefruit wasn’t ripe enough – or whether it’s his poignant last letter where he says the chances of scaling Everest are ’50-to-one against us’, they offer a fascinating insight into the life of this famous Magdalene alumnus.”
Cambridge University releases Everest mountaineer George Mallory’s letters | UK News
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