Michael Meister Books

Finally, the real history of Switzerland for clever kids and clever kids-at-heart: dukes slaughtered by filthy peasants, innocent witches hung up by their necks, buried gold, female mountaineers and, of course, all those murderous cows... Not the fake history of Heidi and William Tell, but 'Swisstory' - from ancient mountain people right up to women's right to vote. Hilariously illustrated by bestselling Swiss artist Michael Meister ('The Monster Book of Switzerland'), 'Swisstory' is outrageous, fascinating, gruesome - and completely true. For children from 9 to 99.

The art of being Swiss isn't an easy thing to master, even if you have a head start by being born that way, but How to be Swiss will help you make it (or fake it). This instruction manual is the result of years of hard work by the authors themselves, one British and one Swiss.

Jonathan, Sohn eines Wiener Schauspielers, wird Freund von Sebastian, dem verwahrlosten Spross einer Kaviardynastie. Er wird in Sebastians Familie aufgenommen und entdeckt deren Geheimnisse hinter der katholischen Fassade. In den 1980ern wächst Jonathan in Döbling auf und erkennt Parallelen zwischen seiner Freundschaft zu Sebastian und der Beziehung zu seinem Vater.