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The Worst Jobs in History
This book has been translated by Kalima Project for Translation
As befits the man behind Baldrick, Tony Robinson has uncovered life in the underbelly of history.
Whether it’s swilling out the crotch of a knight’s soiled armour after the battle of Agincourt, risking his neck in the rigging of HMS Victory, or as ‘Groomer of the Stool’ going to places where none of Henry VIII’s six wives would venture, Tony endures the worst jobs imaginable to get to the bottom (sometimes literally) of the story.
From the Roman invasion to the reign of Queen Victoria, Tony has met the challenge of seeking out the worst jobs of each era.
The Gunpowder Plot drew Tony to the role of the Saltpetre Man who collected human waste because its nitrate content could be turned into gunpowder.
In the same vein, he has revealed some of the worst jobs behind the building of the great medieval cathedrals.
With Tony we discover the dire conditions of Nelson’s Victory, where the most common form of retirement was being sewn into a hammock with a couple of cannon balls and dropped over the side.
Then there’s the impact of the Industrial Revolution, a source of wealth and power for the few, but a cornucopia of lousy jobs for the many.
Richly illustrated with artwork, photographs and diagrams, The Worst Jobs in History really gets into the grime of how life was for ordinary people, and provides a vivid alternative (and fairly disgusting) history of Britain.
Tony Robinson has set out to investigate the underbelly of British history through 2,000 years of wretched employment—whether it’s swilling out the crotch of a knight’s soiled armor or collecting human waste to turn into gunpowder.
Covering the Roman invasion to the reign of Queen Victoria, Robinson uncovers an unseen army undertaking arduous, hazardous, deeply unpleasant work.
The very names “Toad Eater,” “Vomit Collector,” “Spit Boy,” and “Seeker of the Dead” underline a fairly disgusting history.
As he delves into the grime of how life was for the ordinary person, he brings “Gong Scourers” (Tudor cesspit cleaners), “Pure Collectors” (Victorian pooper-scoopers), and “Resurrection Men” (Georgian body snatchers) blinking into the limelight to provide a vivid alternative history of Britain.
The Worst Jobs in History
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