#onthisday, 14 August 1867, was born John #Galsworthy. author of "The Forsyte Saga". Victorian #TurkishBaths appear in several of his books—a stressed Soames Forsyte visits the Jermyn St Hammam and meets George leaving, and Eustace visits the Northumberland Ave baths to escape a WW2 bomb. 🗃️
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John Galsworthy