The Great Stink of London

'An extraordinary history' - Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'A lively account of (Bazalgette's) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated' - Hermione Hobhouse 'Halliday is good on sanitary engineering and even better on cloaca, crud and putrefaction . . . (he) writes with the relish of one who savours his subject and has deeply researched it. . . splendidly illustrated' - Ruth Rendell In the...