Title : The Silence of the Ice - Patrick Breuzé - book

Summary :

In the mid-19th century, the mountains were gradually being tamed. Cyprien Vétraz was one of the best guides in the Northern Alps, yet he was refused entry to the newly created Compagnie des Guides...

1865, in a village in the Northern Alps, Cyprien Vétraz is one of the best mountaineers in his valley. Proud and dignified, his face framed by broad blond sideburns, respected by all but envied for his exploits, he is nevertheless refused membership in the newly created Compagnie des Guides because he was born in another valley. Faced with injustice, he withdraws a little more each day. When a tragedy occurs on the Ruan glacier, he refuses to help despite his knowledge of the area and his skill in the crevasses. Then, tormented by the memory of his father, who also died in the mountains, he ends up leaving alone, in the middle of a storm, in search of a man whom he suspects of being more interested in the gold veins that Jacques Balmat is said to have once discovered than in the mountain itself.

• EAN : 9782258062948
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