Hot Bath – 3rd edition published

The third edition of Hot Bath the Story of the Spa has been published by YTL Hotels, the owner of the Thermae Bath Spa and the Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel. First published in 2003, my book chronicling the history of the UK’s only hot springs, the buildings, the stories and the characters that surround them, has now sold over 12,000 copies.

Sulis, Bladud, Beau Nash et al

Find out about the goddess Sulis, Bladud King of the Britons, Beau Nash, Ralph Allen and Dr Oliver and their influence on the evolution of the World Heritage City that is visited by millions of people every year.

Was it really the miraculous properties of the Cross Bath that enabled Mary of Modena the wife of King James II to conceive an heir? What possessed Charles Wesley to suggest that preaching in Bath was ‘attacking Satan in his own quarters’? Where did Bath Rugby players wash themselves down in the amateur days?

Find out in Hot Bath the Story of the Spa. Available from Thermae Bath Spa.