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      Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart

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      The story of two trips, one glimpsing the future of travel, one revisiting its past. The tale of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.

      In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook''s first Conducted ...

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      Product ID:9781857886511
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Slow Train to Switzerland
      Subtitle:One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart
      Authors:Author: Diccon Bewes
      Page Count:320
      Subjects:Travel writing, Travel writing, Europe
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      The story of two trips, one glimpsing the future of travel, one revisiting its past. The tale of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.

      In June 1863 an English lady 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 hadn''t. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her, and 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.

      This is a tale of trains and tourists, of the British and the Swiss, of a Victorian traveller and a modern-day Englishman abroad. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.


      Imprint Name:Nicholas Brealey Publishing
      Publisher Name:John Murray Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2016-09-08

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      Weight226 g
      Dimensions130 × 197 × 22 mm