Clean And Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom And Wc - Couverture souple

Wright, Lawrence

 
9780141390352: Clean And Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom And Wc
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ISBN 10 : 0141390352 ISBN 13 : 9780141390352
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

CLEAN AND DECENT, says the author, 'is meant to entertain, even if scholarship does keep breaking through'. Subtitled The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the Water-closet, and of sundry Habits, Fashions and Accessories of the Toilet it is a fascinating excursion into the household's most private room. Who would have supposed that the Romans had lagged hot-water pipes? That Queen Elizabeth I had a valve water-closet? That Louis XIV had cushions in his bath? This informative and hilarious book leads the reader to believe that more may be learnt about the past from bathrooms rather than battlefields, and that patterns of social history are mirrored in the bathwater or found locked in the water-closet.

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À propos de l?auteur

The author was a Royal Academician, but he also wrote three books of domestic history/economy: CLEAN AND DECENT, WARM AND SNUG (a history of the bed) and HOME FIRES BURNING (a history of central heating).

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141390352
ISBN 13 
9780141390352
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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ISBN 10 :  1258772515 ISBN 13 :  9781258772512
Editeur : Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013
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