Ex-PM says she would like to write novel based on ill-fated 19th century ascent of Matterhorn
He was the British mountaineer who led the first ascent of one of the most formidable mountains in the Alps. She was the prime minister who is likely to go down in history for ultimately failing to reach the summit of her own personal Matterhorn.
Yet in her first public interview since leaving Downing Street – at a book festival in where she was asked about what book she might now find the time to write – Theresa May revealed that it was the dark rumours surrounding how four of Edward Whymper’s climbing party fell to their doom that most appealed to her.
Related: Zermatt celebrates centenary of Matterhorn's first climb: from the archive, 17 July 1965
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