| Zürich Bookshop: History A Movement in Time with Breitling & Rolex | Mark A Cooper ISBN: 0741441683 Sorry - no summary available. | | BUY IT! | Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross | Caroline Moorehead ISBN: 0006388833 The International Red Cross was the inspiration - the dream - of Henri Dunant, a 31 year old Swiss businessman appalled by the butchery and lack of medical care for injured soldiers during the battle of Solferino in 1859. He set out to create an...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Rolex Wristwatches: An Unauthorized History | J.M. Dowling, Jeffrey P. Hess ISBN: 0764313673 Sorry - no summary available. | | BUY IT! | Swiss Army Knives Companion | Nick Constable ISBN: 1840922354 Fully illustrated in colour, this book gives the history behind Victorinox and details the development of the Swiss Army Knife. It includes a directory of knives, with comprehensive model identification for collectors and stories and anecdotes from...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Switzerland (Places and History) | Moreno Bernasconi ISBN: 8854401382 When English travellers discovered Lucerne, Interlaken and Saint Moritz between the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries, they were astounded. The Alps, with majestic Jungfrau and alluring Pilatus, stirred their imagination, giving rise...(read more) | | BUY IT! | The Alps: A Cultural History | Andrew Beattie ISBN: 190495524X The Alps are Europe's highest mountain range; their broad arc stretches right across the centre of the continent, encompassing a wide range of traditions and cultures. In former times the mountains were feared as the realm of wild and dangerous beasts,...(read more) | | BUY IT! | The History of Switzerland | John Wilson ISBN: 1602061173 This charming and spirited story of the extraordinary European nation begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Swiss people amongst the challenging landscape of the rugged Alps, and follows their tale through the development of...(read more) | | BUY IT! | The Swiss Reformation | Bruce Gordon ISBN: 0719051185 The Swiss Reformation was a seminal event of the sixteenth century which created a Protestant culture whose influence spread across Europe from Transylvania to Scotland. This study of the Swiss Reformation argues that the movement must be understood in...(read more) | | BUY IT! |
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