{"product_id":"slow-train-to-switzerland-diccon-bewes-9781857886511","title":"Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion ... he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuided 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. \u003ci\u003eSlow Train to Switzerland\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diccon Bewes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1857886518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781857886511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Brealey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Diccon Bewes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410971586815,"sku":"9781857886511","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_950af91b-9120-4dd6-b3a5-b290fe3d8fc1.jpg?v=1697538450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slow-train-to-switzerland-diccon-bewes-9781857886511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}