杰弗里·阿切尔生于1940年。迄今为止，他已经有25部作品出版，累积销量超过1.3亿。他曾11次荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销作者排名榜第一位，他的作品为他带来了巨大的经济收益和声誉，是国际知名畅销书作家。杰弗里·阿切尔还有非常传奇的个人经历，他曾经在政治上辉煌一时，又曾亲历四年的牢狱生涯，1992年女王诞辰纪念日，阿切尔还受封为爵位不能世袭的终身贵族，本身就可谓就是一个传奇人物。　　事实上，《华盛顿邮报》称他为“可以与亚历山大·大仲马相提并论的叙事者”，《星期日邮报》则评价他为“我们这个时代最伟大的叙事者和小说家。”

This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such individuals. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he'd achieved it, there was no proof that he had fulfilled his ambition? "Paths of Glory", is the story of such a man. But not until you've turned the last page of this extraordinary novel, will you be able to decide if George Mallory should be added to this list of legends, because if he were, another name would have to be removed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Back Cover A novel about one man’s extraordinary quest to climb Mt. Everest from the one writer who could bring such a towering, epic tale vividly to life #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer Some people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. But what if one man had such a dream…and once he’d fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition? PATHS OF GLORY This is the story of such a man: George Mallory. He once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest “because it’s there.” On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999. And it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit… “There isn’t a better storyteller alive.” —Larry King “A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas.” — Washington Post “Archer is a master entertainer.” — Time