This informed, fascinating, and witty history of the original "watercloset"-- toilet, loo, commode, crapper, porcelain goddess--call it what you will--features the lowdown on this convenience, from the time of the Romans through chamber pots to today's modern plumbing. 150 color photos.
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'This book...is, as they say, worth every penny'. The Guardian'This loving look at lavatories is a landmark in latrine literature'. Chicago Tribune
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Lucinda Lambton is a well-known architectural photographer and television presenter. She lives in Buckinghamshire.
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Lucinda Lambton is a writer, photographer and broadcaster, working both behind and in front of the lens; nosing out architectural flights of fancy, laced through with tales that set out to give astonishment, laughter and delight. She has researched, written and presented over seventy films for the B.B.C. as well as written and taken the photographs for nine books. She lives in Buckinghamshire, England with her husband, the distinguished journalist Peregrine Worsthorne.
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