Clean and Decent
Author | : Lawrence Wright |
Publisher | : Penguin Global |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSC:32106017268811 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Clean and Decent by : Lawrence Wright
Download or read book Clean and Decent written by Lawrence Wright and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 mirrored in the bathwater.