Booklog 74/2017 - Louise Allen: The Georgian Seaside - The English resorts before the railway age

[jacey]

I’ve been reading this on and off all year, for research for my upcoming book, Rowankind. I tend not to blog non-fiction because I dip in and out of books for research without reading them from cover to cover, but I did end up reading all of this. It’s a fascinating study, full of rich (and useful) details about resorts, bathing machines, dippers and the saltwater cure. I was specifically looking for links to George III's bathing habits, and there they were!

Comments

[cmcmck]

This one sounds like fun.

[hairmonger]

My exact words. Yes, I'll be looking for this one.

Mary Anne in Kentucky