The Alps

A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond

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Beschreibung

The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In <em>The Alps</em>, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these majestic mountains, journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. He explores the reality behind Hannibal's crossing; he reveals how the Alps have influenced culture from <em>Frankenstein</em> to <em>Heidi</em> and <em>The Sound of Music</em>; and he visits the spot of Sherlock Holmes's death scene, the bloody site of the Italians' retreat in the First World War and Hitler's notorious Eagle's Nest. Throughout, O'Shea records his adventures with the watch makers, salt miners, cable-car operators and yodelers who define the Alps today.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780393355697

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

206 x 136 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Verlag / Hersteller

W. W. Norton & Company