Clean and decent: the fascinating history of the bathroom & the water closet

By Lawrence Wright

Book Overview

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? that sponges have sex? This book, says the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710046650
• ISBN13: 9780710046659
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 5.3"