Private Greed, Public Good: A History of the London's Water MERCENARY RIVER by NICK HIGHAM No city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn a tap and it gushes out. But it wasn't always so. For centuries London, one of the largest and richest cities in the world, struggled to supply its citizens with reliable, clean water. The Mercenary River tells the story of that struggle from the middle ages to the present day. Nick Higham is a journalist who has spent 30 years at the BBC: fifteen as their arts and media correspondent and also hosting Meet the Author' on the BBC News Channel.
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The Mercenary River by @NickHigham
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