Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the Water-ClosetPenguin, 2000 - 281 páginas 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 author, is meant to entertain, even if scholarship does keep breaking through. |
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MAN BECOMES HOUSETRAINED | 1 |
OMNIA COMMODA | 13 |
THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY | 23 |
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