A Book - A Place: Genevahttps://abookaplace.com/
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.]]>enHistoryRobin Pomeroy 2024https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e0078f1868d460f7d2f1fc432aa7ecf5.jpgA Book - A Place: Genevahttps://abookaplace.com/Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:39:37 +0000Robin PomeroyRobin Pomeroycontact@abookaplace.comPart 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...
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.]]>cleanepisodicEp. 5 Angels and Demons and CERNhttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-5-angels-and-demons/Angels and Demons.

As Dan Brown publishes the next installment of the adventures of 'symbologist' Robert Langdon in The Secret of Secrets, this podcast goes back to where the story began - Geneva. The place is CERN.

In the podcast we meet a young scientist inspired to work at CERN when she read the novel, and discover a book of short stories based on the real science that searches for the secrets of the universe.

Episode page: https://bit.ly/4n1ByfX

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Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67665399Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:24:36 +0000Robin PomeroyA scientist at CERN, the research centre that straddles the French and Swiss border, is murdered in grisly and mysterious circumstances, launching a race against the clock to prevent a much bigger crime. As in The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown constructs a...Angels and Demons.

As Dan Brown publishes the next installment of the adventures of 'symbologist' Robert Langdon in The Secret of Secrets, this podcast goes back to where the story began - Geneva. The place is CERN.

In the podcast we meet a young scientist inspired to work at CERN when she read the novel, and discover a book of short stories based on the real science that searches for the secrets of the universe.

Episode page: https://bit.ly/4n1ByfX

abookaplace.com

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>3872amtimatter,and,angels,boson,brown,cern,code,collision,da,dan,demons,geneva,higgs,lhc,of,physics,science,secret,secrets,vinciclean15fullEp. 4 Conrad, Lenin and revolutionary Genevahttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-4-under-western-eyes/
This episode takes you to the Geneva library where Vladimir Lenin studied and wrote, leaving his own annotations in books - including a biography of Jesus, a historical figure that the father of the Russian revolution saw as a social radical.

For all books and places mentioned in the podcast, visit abookaplace.com

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67487506Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:12:25 +0000Robin PomeroyBest know for Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad set his spy thriller Under Western Eyes in Geneva, not only because it was a city in which he had lived, but because at that time, in the early 20th century, it was a hotbed of revolutionary Russian...
This episode takes you to the Geneva library where Vladimir Lenin studied and wrote, leaving his own annotations in books - including a biography of Jesus, a historical figure that the father of the Russian revolution saw as a social radical.

For all books and places mentioned in the podcast, visit abookaplace.com

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>3552book,communism,conrad,eyes,geneva,history,jesus,lenin,revolution,russia,russian,under,westernclean14fullEp. 3 Voltaire's Candide: the best of all possible satireshttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-x-candide/
And it is here that he wrote his most enduring work: Candide, the story of an ingenue who travels the world and suffers the worst cruelties of humanity and nature, clinging to the cod philosophy that "all is for the best in this the best of all possible worlds".

This episode takes you to the house in Geneva where he wrote the novel, and to the chateau just over the border in France in a village that now bears his name, Ferney-Voltaire.

More details on the episode, and the sources cited in it, are available on the episode page http://bit.ly/46JI9Xc at www.abookaplace.com.

Watch a version of this episode with pictures at https://www.youtube.com/@abookaplace

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67203092Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:13:46 +0000Robin PomeroyVoltaire is literally in the pantheon of France's greatest literary heroes. But in his lifetime, the unconventional writer-philosopher was shunned by his home country and lived much of his life in exile - the last two decades in - and importantly -...
And it is here that he wrote his most enduring work: Candide, the story of an ingenue who travels the world and suffers the worst cruelties of humanity and nature, clinging to the cod philosophy that "all is for the best in this the best of all possible worlds".

This episode takes you to the house in Geneva where he wrote the novel, and to the chateau just over the border in France in a village that now bears his name, Ferney-Voltaire.

More details on the episode, and the sources cited in it, are available on the episode page http://bit.ly/46JI9Xc at www.abookaplace.com.

Watch a version of this episode with pictures at https://www.youtube.com/@abookaplace

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>2802candide,enlightenment,ferney-voltaire,france,geneva,switzerland,voltaireclean13fullEp. 2 The Birth of the Comic Bookhttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-2-the-birth-of-the-comic-book/
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 takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67026073Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:38:40 +0000Robin PomeroyComic 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...
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.

abookaplace.com

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>2207book,comic,dc,geneva,graphic,herge,marvel,novel,tintin,toepfferclean12fullTrailer: The Birth of Comic Bookshttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-3-the-birth-of-the-comic-book/
In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo, but in Geneva - 200 years ago.

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Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66852994Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:11:51 +0000Robin PomeroyPart history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo,...
In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo, but in Geneva - 200 years ago.

Visit: abookaplace.com (https://abookaplace.com)






Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>61bande,book,comic,dessinée,geneva,toepfferclean12trailerEp. 1 Frankenstein: a monster rises on the shores of Lake Genevahttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-1-frankenstein-2/
Episode 1: Frankenstein: a monster is born on the shore of Lake Geneva

The book: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelly, published in 1818

The place:  ‘Frankie’ a.k.a ‘The Creature of Doctor Frankenstein’ statue in Plainpalais, Geneva by KLAT, 2014

Everyone knows something about Frankenstein, the archetype horror movie monster.

But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for today’s readers, still one of the most thought provoking tales about artificial intelligence.

As we’ll hear, Frankenstein was born, not in a mad scientist’s laboratory, but in a genteel villa on the outskirts of genteel Geneva.

More books:
More places:
Even more…


Find out more at abookaplace.com and get the podcast on any app via this link: https://pod.link/nLARmR

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66558608Mon, 16 Jun 2025 05:00:09 +0000Robin PomeroyPart book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, Season 1 of A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you on five literary adventures. Episode 1: Frankenstein: a monster is born on the shore of Lake Geneva The...
Episode 1: Frankenstein: a monster is born on the shore of Lake Geneva

The book: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelly, published in 1818

The place:  ‘Frankie’ a.k.a ‘The Creature of Doctor Frankenstein’ statue in Plainpalais, Geneva by KLAT, 2014

Everyone knows something about Frankenstein, the archetype horror movie monster.

But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for today’s readers, still one of the most thought provoking tales about artificial intelligence.

As we’ll hear, Frankenstein was born, not in a mad scientist’s laboratory, but in a genteel villa on the outskirts of genteel Geneva.

More books:
More places:
Even more…
  • Penguin Random House page on Frankenstein
  • Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It – New York Times
  • ‘Frankenstein’ Was Born During a Ghastly Vacation – History.com
  • 3845ai,byron,chamonix,diodati,fiction,frankenstein,geneva,history,literature,pleinpalais,scifi,shellyclean11fullTrailer: Frankenstein trailer longhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trailer-frankenstein-trailer-long--66543945
    But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for today’s readers, still one of the most thought provoking tales about artificial intelligence?

    As we’ll hear, Frankenstein was born, not in a mad scientist’s laboratory, but in a genteel villa on the outskirts of genteel Geneva.

    This is a trailer for Episode 1 of A Book - A Place: Geneva, part travel guide, part book club, part history podcast. Find out more at abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66543945Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:47:23 +0000Robin PomeroyEveryone knows something about Frankenstein, the archetype horror movie monster. But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for...
    But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for today’s readers, still one of the most thought provoking tales about artificial intelligence?

    As we’ll hear, Frankenstein was born, not in a mad scientist’s laboratory, but in a genteel villa on the outskirts of genteel Geneva.

    This is a trailer for Episode 1 of A Book - A Place: Geneva, part travel guide, part book club, part history podcast. Find out more at abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    183clean11trailer    Trailer: Frankenstein trailer shorthttp://abookaplace.com
    In this episode: we all know something about Frankenstein - but do you know the amazing story of its birth in Geneva?

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    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60740906Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000Robin PomeroyPart history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: we all know something about Frankenstein - but do you know the amazing story of its...
    In this episode: we all know something about Frankenstein - but do you know the amazing story of its birth in Geneva?

    Visit: abookaplace.com


    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    61book,byron,frankenstein,geneva,history,mary,shellyclean11trailer    Trailer: A Book - A Place: Geneva - Series trailerhttp://abookaplace.com
    A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked 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 science experiment here.

    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.

    More info at abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60729705Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000Robin PomeroyPart history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story. A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked city that has a unique place in history. Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries...
    A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked 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 science experiment here.

    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.

    More info at abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    61book,cern,comic,frankenstein,geneva,history,place,tourism,visitcleantrailer    Trailer: The Birth of the Comic Book trailer shorthttps://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-3-the-birth-of-the-comic-book/
    In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo, but in Geneva - 200 years ago.

    Visit: abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60740915Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:54:33 +0000Robin PomeroyPart history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo,...
    In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo, but in Geneva - 200 years ago.

    Visit: abookaplace.com

    Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.]]>    61books,comic,geneva,history,rodolph,strips,toepffer,töpffer,tourism,visitcleantrailer