by Wallace Reyburn · Trafalgar Square Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781857028607
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«Flushed With Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper» is the humorous biography of Thomas Crapper written by Wallace Reyburn, published by Trafalgar Square Publishing in paperback (128 pages, in English).
The book reviews the life of Thomas Crapper, a British plumber of the Victorian era who went from apprentice to inventor of the modern cistern system and became plumber appointed by Edward VII. Reyburn combines the biographical account with a social history of the toilet and English sanitation, with black-and-white illustrations.
Work published in 1998. The back cover presents it as «The Little Classic of the Smallest Room».
Recommended for readers interested in biographies with humor and history of Victorian England, as well as curiosities of sanitary engineering.
