{"product_id":"the-gilded-chalet-padraig-rooney-9781857886528","title":"The Gilded Chalet","description":"In the summer of 1816 paparazzi trained their telescopes on Byron and the Shelleys across Lake Geneva. Mary Shelley babysat and wrote \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. Byron dieted and penned \u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Chillon\u003c\/i\u003e. His doctor, Polidori, was dreaming up \u003ci\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e. Together they put Switzerland on the map. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Rousseau to Nabokov, le Carr (c) to Conan Doyle, Hemingway to Hesse to Highsmith, Switzerland has always provided a refuge for writers as an escape from world wars, oppression, tuberculosis... or marriage. For Swiss writers from the country was like a gilded prison. The Romantics, the utopians and other spiritual seekers viewed Switzerland as a land of milk and honey, as nature's paradise. In the twentieth century, spying in neutral Switzerland spawned the finest espionage and crime fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart detective work, part treasure chest, \u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Chalet\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a grand tour of the birthplace of our best-loved stories, revealing how Switzerland became the landscape of our imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraig Rooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1857886526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781857886528\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 09\/12\/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 1.00d","brand":"Padraig Rooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939029418239,"sku":"9781857886528","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a239c242-a82c-447a-87c9-5732ac280c96.jpg?v=1681439080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gilded-chalet-padraig-rooney-9781857886528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}