Bath

by Kirsten Ellior and Kirsten Elliott

Throughout recorded history, Bath has been famed for its hot springs. The Romans bathed there; Elizabeth I promoted the spa town; Hanoverians visited it for their health. By the eighteenth century Bath was the fashionable venue for high society. Entrepreneurs of all types seized the opportunity. 'Beau' Nash instituted a strictly regulated social life; eager young architects including John Wood the Elder and his son Wood the Younger transformed the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711236690
• ISBN13: 9780711236691
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.0" x 9.8"