«The Lake, Wine, Commerce, Education and Walls, are the themes included in this collection, and visitors great and small tell us what they saw and how they felt. Dust is blown off Geneva’s history, and our austere grey-walled republic is given life and breath with the musings of astute, world-weary, cynical, content and/or bewitched travellers. The result is astonishing, as much of what travellers saw in the past, the visitor still sees today – the steamboats plying the lake, the grape harvests of autumn, and the imposing city walls. To recognize the magic, charm and relevance of modern Geneva through centuries old words is a hauntingly unique experience. Add to this almost a hundred illustrations, superb graphics, fully referenced quotations, and a friendly accessible texte, the great historical complexity of Geneva opens its doors and invites us all in.»