Introduction
Part I Spa Life
1. Shrines-Springs-Spas
2. Therapy vs Pleasure
3. Spa Society
4. Making Money out of Pleasure
Part II Business of Europe
5. Royalty at Spas
6. Era of Congresses
7. Looking after Europe
8. Secret Diplomacy
9. Puppets and Puppeteers: Summer of 1870 in Ems
10. Bismarck’s Cures
11. Rapprochements
12. The Flight from Spas and the End of an Era: 1914-1919
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Marina Soroka completed her PhD at the University of Western Ontario in 2009, and is the author of Becoming a Romanov. Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World, 1807-1873 (2015) and Britain, Russia and the First World War (2013).
This is an original work, meticulously researched, rich in detail, and written in a clear and – here and there – refreshingly pungent style. (...) I regard it as a first-rate contribution to the diplomatic methods of the 100 years before the First World War.
- G.R. Berridge, Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester
