{"product_id":"a-tour-in-switzerland-or-a-view-of-the-present-state-of-the-governments-and-manners-of-those-cantons-with-comparative-sketches-of-the-present-state-of-paris-paperback-9781108065948","title":"A Tour in Switzerland; Or, a View of the Present State of the Governments and Manners of those Cantons: With Comparative Sketches of the Present State of Paris (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108065948","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Tour in Switzerland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, a View of the Present State of the Governments and Manners of those Cantons: With Comparative Sketches of the Present State of Paris\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1798, a two-volume political travelogue by the radical writer and poet Helen Maria Williams (1759–1827).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHelen Maria Williams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108065948, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe radical writer and poet Helen Maria Williams (1759–1827) is best remembered for her eight-volume Letters from France (1790–6), charting the progress of the French Revolution. Having published poetry and a novel, Julia (1790), she travelled to France, where her salon welcomed the likes of Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Paine and leading Girondists. Forced to flee the country in 1794, she went into exile in Switzerland for six months, travelling with the printer and political reformer John Hurford Stone (1763–1818). This two-volume account of the journeys she made during her time there, first published in 1798, documents what she sees as the failure of Swiss democracy. Highlighting the shortcomings of the Swiss government and the suffering of much of Swiss society through exploitation, Williams anticipates revolutionary activity in the cantons. Volume 1 concentrates primarily on Basel and its canton.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Comparative view of the spirit of commerce\u003cbr\u003e 3. Amusements of Paris\u003cbr\u003e 4. Road from Basil into the canton of Soleure\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lavater\u003cbr\u003e 6. Country from Basil to Zuric\u003cbr\u003e 7. Canton of Basil\u003cbr\u003e 8. Government of the canton of Basil\u003cbr\u003e 9. Curiosities of Basil\u003cbr\u003e 10. Lucerne\u003cbr\u003e 11. Altorf\u003cbr\u003e 12. Top of St Gothard\u003cbr\u003e 13. Valley of Levantine\u003cbr\u003e 14. Government of the Levantine valley\u003cbr\u003e 15. Government of the canton of Uri\u003cbr\u003e 16. Giornico\u003cbr\u003e 17. Installation of the bailiff of Lugano\u003cbr\u003e 18. A storm on the lake\u003cbr\u003e 19. History of an emigrant family\u003cbr\u003e 20. Visit to the Grisons\u003cbr\u003e 21. Val Calenca state of society\u003cbr\u003e 22. St Bernadin.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266152550680,"sku":"9781108065948","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108065948i_1931d75b-e3e9-4679-bf23-48125909e91a.jpg?v=1696748591","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-tour-in-switzerland-or-a-view-of-the-present-state-of-the-governments-and-manners-of-those-cantons-with-comparative-sketches-of-the-present-state-of-paris-paperback-9781108065948","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}