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Author: Gideon Kibblewhite, Kate McDonnell, Perry HarrisCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackPages: 128Publisher: The History Press LtdYear: 2014ISBN: 9780750959681
They came, they saw, they hated it ... Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. However, go back in time and it was a very different place. In this entertaining, illustrated compendium of caustic quotes, famous visitors of the past - including the likes of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - queue up to complain of freezing behinds, insulting chairmen, villainous smells, naked bodies, wanton dalliances, hurled dogs and far, far worse ...
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