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Slow train to Switzerland: one tour, two trips, 150 years-- and a world of change apart

By Bewes , Diccon

Book information

Publisher
Quercus;Nicholas Brealey Publishing
ISBN
9781857886092, 9781857889765, 9781857885873, 9781857889918, 1857886097, 9781857886252, 1857886259
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (12630683 bytes)
Pages
xviii, 300 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ;
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
National characteristicsSwiss;Travel;Switzerland -- Description and travel

Description

"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; for us it was the birth of mass tourism, and it started with the Swiss. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes set off on the same three-week trip. His quest: follow their itinerary, stay in the same places, and discover how much has changed - and how much hasn't. His guide was Miss Jemima, a member of the Club who kept a diary as she travelled. That diary was lost for decades but survived as a unique record of a historic tour. ..."--Book jacket.

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