The Grand Spas of Central Europe: A History of Intrigue, Politics, Art, and Healing

by David Clay Large

The Grand Spas of Central Europe leads readers on an irresistible tour through the grand spa towns of Central Europe--fabled places like Baden-Baden, Bad Ems, Bad Gastein, Karlsbad, and Marienbad. Noted historian David Clay Large follows the grand spa story from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present, focusing especially on the years between the French Revolution and World War II, a period in which the major Central European Kurorte ("cure-towns") reached...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442222360
• ISBN13: 9781442222366
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"