The filth and stench at Versailles
Versailles was an opulent gilded palace but it was also coated in filth according to contemporary sources as Tony McMahon discovers
Versailles was an opulent gilded palace but it was also coated in filth according to contemporary sources as Tony McMahon discovers
A day trip to Georgian London could have involved going to see a prisoner put to death or watching a live amputation by a well known surgeon