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Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the Water-Closet
Clean and Decent The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the WaterCloset
Author: Lawrence Wright
Who would have supposed that the Romans had lagged hot-water pipes? That Queen Elizabeth I had a valve water-closet? That Louis IV had cushions in his bath? This informative and hilarious book leads the reader to believe that more may be learned about the past from bathrooms than from battlefields, and that patterns of social history are mirro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780141390352
ISBN-10: 0141390352
Publication Date: 5/16/2005
Pages: 282
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Publisher: Penguin Global
Book Type: Paperback
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