Charles Sprawson: 1 book
Haunts of the Black Masseur
The Swimmer as Hero
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an...
