Slow Train to Switzerland
One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart
(Sprache: Englisch)
ONE TOUR, TWO TRIPS, 150 YEARS - AND A WORLD OF CHANGE APART
In June 1863 an English lady, Miss Jemima, set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes,...
In June 1863 an English lady, Miss Jemima, set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes,...
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ONE TOUR, TWO TRIPS, 150 YEARS - AND A WORLD OF CHANGE APARTIn June 1863 an English lady, Miss Jemima, set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw.
Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover how much had changed and how much had not. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her - and he found far more than he expected.
Slow Train to Switzerland is the captivating account of two trips through the Alps: hers glimpsing the future of travel, his revisiting its past. Together they make a journey to remember.
'Fans of Bill Bryson will find him a kindred spirit' The Lady
'Bewes has an engagingly light and comic touch' Sunday Telegraph
Autoren-Porträt von Diccon Bewes
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 Holiday Which? Magazine, he decamped to Switzerland, where he 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 years exploring Switzerland. Following the incredible success of Swiss Watching he is now a full-time writer. See his website at www.dicconbewes.com
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Diccon Bewes
- 2016, 320 Seiten, Maße: 12,6 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1857886518
- ISBN-13: 9781857886511
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2016
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Englisch
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Loquacious and genial. The Independent
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