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A History of The Water Closet

By: Marilyn Clay
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 A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET follows the development of the water closet, or toilet, beginning with privies in monasteries and ending with London's sewer system clean-up in the 19th century. Included are descriptions of the various types of chamber pots, toilet furniture, gadgets and mechanical devices invented prior to the toilet as we know it today. The final chapter of the book covers the emergence of indoor bathing, and early indoor plumbing in both England and France. A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET, and 18th & 19th CENTURY ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA by Marilyn Clay were both named to Amazon's Top 100 Best-Selling Ebooks list. Three REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE Books by Marilyn Clay were also on Amazon's Best Seller list, with BAUBLES & NECESSITIES PERTAINING TO HER LADYSHIP claiming the #1 Best Seller spot in Antiques & Collectibles. MARILYN CLAY is an award-winning author and respected historian of the Regency period in English history. For sixteen years, she published THE REGENCY PLUME, an international newsletter filled with articles useful to writers, historians and people interested in all aspects of the 18th and early 19th centuries in English history. Essays by Marilyn Clay were published in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROMANTICISM: Culture in Britain from the 1780s to 1830s, a volume found in many University libraries. MARILYN CLAY's published historical suspense novels include DECEPTIONS: A Jamestown Novel, praised by The Library Journal and Booklist. To escape an arranged marriage, Catherine leaves England for Jamestown in search of her childhood sweetheart. What she finds in the New World nearly destroys her! Unexpected twists and turns will keep readers guessing! SECRETS AND LIES: A Jamestown Novel. When four English girls travel to the New World on a Bride Ship to marry settlers and start families, they are instead shocked to discover that someone in Jamestown wants them all dead! The final event shocks the entire colony! BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY set in 1776 Philadelphia, another popular historical suspense novel by Marilyn Clay. Quaker Betsy Ross sets out to uncover who killed her beloved husband John Ross, but is instead drawn into a dangerous underworld of spies and double spies. Can Betsy bring down the killer before he kills her, or her sisters? In print and e-book. Four books in Marilyn Clay’s Miss Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series are MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE and MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK are all available worldwide in print and Ebook. Kensington Books published many of Marilyn Clay’s Regency-set historical novels. All were translated to foreign languages. The titles include: Bewitching Lord Winterton, A Pretty Puzzle, Brighton Beauty, Miss Darby's Debut, The Uppity Earl, Felicity’s Folly, Miss Eliza’s Gentleman Caller, and The Unsuitable Suitor. Marilyn Clay’s newest Regency romance is titled THE WRONG MISS FAIRFAX. Two look-alike cousins in London lead a love-struck nobleman on a merry chase. If the confused gentleman cannot sort it out, he just might propose to the wrong Miss Fairfax. Marilyn Clay’s STALKING A KILLER is a contemporary murder mystery set in Dallas. Aspiring PI Amanda Mason must clear her own father from a murder charge before the killer strikes again. MARILYN CLAY is also the designer of the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award. Marilyn was presented the first golden statuette when the RITA award was unveiled. For more information on the author, visit her website at Marilyn Clay Author. Architecture History & Culture Innovations
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