Author: Phyllis May Hembry

Publisher: Associated University Presse

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780838633915

Beginning in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, members of the English nobility and gentry made a practice of taking relaxation at the country's inland spas. This account shows the spas to have been not only centers of healing and recreating but also venues of intrigue extending to political, religious, economic, and social issues.