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304 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141390352
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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 a...
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304 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141390352
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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 a...