Part I. Spa Life -- 1. Shrines-Springs-Spas -- 2. Therapy vs. Pleasure -- 3. Spa Society -- 4. Making Money out of Pleasure -- Part II. Business of Europe -- 5. Royalty at Spas -- 6. Era of Congresses -- 7. Looking after Europe -- 8. Secret Diplomacy -- 9. Puppets and Puppeteers…
"This book is about the great European health spas of the nineteenth century: what they were, how they operated, what life was like there and how their functions evolved to the point where their original medicinal purpose was relegated to a secondary place by the unintended uses…
"This book is about the great European health spas of the nineteenth century: what they were, how they operated, what life was like there and how their functions evolved to the point where their original medicinal purpose was relegated to a secondary place by the unintended uses…
