Maud and her friends visit the Turkish bath: 1
‘Expected a Turkish pasha to leap out
at any moment and entice us into his harem…’
‘Felt very strange and defenceless wrapped in towels'
< Maud: the
diaries of Maud Berkeley; adapted by Flora Fraser. (London: Secker &
Warburg, 1985) p.125
These delightful illustrations, and the diary entry for 30 March 1892 which describes her adventure, are particularly important as there are very few accounts of visits to Victorian Turkish baths by women writers.
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Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Pt 6: attitudes to privacy, nudity, & exercise
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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