Australian history fans will be familiar with the many books by former journalist and rugby union champion Peter FitzSimons. Having written about some of our nation’s great heroes and extraordinary achievements (explorers James Cook and Burke and Wills, 19th Century bushranger Ned Kelly, Gallipoli, Nancy Wake, Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, World War Two’s Kokoda campaign, and the Sydney Opera House to name a few), Peter turns his attention to the 1953 quest to conquer Mount Everest.

In his new book, The Race To The Top Of The World, the stories of English mountaineer George Mallory and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary come to life in Peter’s expert storytelling hands. We hope you’ll join us at the South Yarra-Toorak Library for a special hour with one of Australia’s most prolific and popular authors.