Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story.
A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often city that has a unique place in history.
Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest experiment.
Whether you're a visitor, a newcomer, or a long-time resident, this podcast will take you to corners of the city where history was (and is still being) made.
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Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story.
A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often city that has a unique place in history.
Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest experiment.
Whether you're a visitor, a newcomer, or a long-time resident, this podcast will take you to corners of the city where history was (and is still being) made.
Comic books, or graphic novels, are often associated with the Belgium of Tintin, the America of the superheros, or the Japan of manga and animé.
But the art form was actually invented in Geneva, almost 200 years ago.
In this episode we explore the life and legacy of Rodolph Toeppfer, whose work was championed by Goethe and is now acknowledged as the origin of la bande dessinée.
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Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva take you to the places behind the stories that made the city.
A Book - A Place: Geneva
Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story.
A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often city that has a unique place in history.
Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest experiment.
Whether you're a visitor, a newcomer, or a long-time resident, this podcast will take you to corners of the city where history was (and is still being) made.
