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A Swiss villa tells its history
Narrated by the Villa St. Pierre itself, the book begins with its conception on an architect’s drafting board in Fribourg and its appearance in 1912, in a prosperous district near a medieval town on Lake Neuchâtel. The mansion’s first-person perspective frames its life as a way into the history of a particular building and its surroundings. With architecture and general history as its subjects, the account connects the design of a home to the place and period in which it came into being.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in architecture and the histories of individual buildings.
- Readers curious about early-20th-century Switzerland and the Lake Neuchâtel region.
- Readers who enjoy historical accounts narrated from an unusual perspective.
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