Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years - and a World of Change Apart [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Bewes, Diccon

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1857886097 ISBN 13: 9781857886092

Casa editrice: Nicholas Brealey Pub, 2014

Riassunto

It was the tour that changed the way we travel. In the summer of 1863 seven people left London on a train that would take them on a thrilling adventure across the Alps. They were the Junior United Alpine Club and members of Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. For them it was an exciting novelty; it turned out to be the birth of mass tourism, and it started with the Swiss.

Best-selling author of Swiss Watching Diccon Bewes acquires a copy of Alpine member Jemima Morell's journal and travels from London to Lucerneand back in time. He brings only the journal and the club's nineteenth-century guidebook to retrace their steps one by one, traveling by train whenever possible. Bewes follows the 1863 expedition, experiencing firsthand through Jemima's journal the original British "holiday" that shaped the future of two disparate nations, one a global monarchy and the other a recovering, struggling republic. Alongside vintage illustrations, Bewes creates a fascinating comparison of how people across the globe explore and vacation today. This is also the story of how a nostalgic tour surprised an expat author, revealing a Switzerland very different from the presentand an unexpected personal connection with the diarist in a startling twist. A perfect read for anyone who seeks an expert blend of context and consequence to their travel writing.

Diccon Bewes became a travel writer via the scenic route of bookselling. After ten years at Lonely Planet andHoliday magazine, he decamped to Switzerland, where he has until recently managed the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern. Following the success ofSwiss Watching, a Financial Times Book of the Year and international bestseller, he is now a full-time writer.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Diccon Bewes is a travel writer. A world trip set him up for a career in travel writing, via the scenic route of bookselling. After ten years at Lonely Planet and HolidayWhich? Magazine, he decamped to Switzerland, where he has until recently managed the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern. In addition to grappling with German, re-learning to cross the road properly, and overcoming his desires to form an orderly line, he has spent the last five years exploring this quirky country. Following the incredible success ofSwiss Watching he is now a full time writer. See his website at www.dicconbewes.com.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Nicholas Brealey Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1857886097
• ISBN 13: 9781857886092
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile