The Worst Jobs In History: A Vivid and Disgusting Alternative History of Britain: Two Thousand Years of Miserable Employment - Softcover

Robinson, Sir Tony

 
9780330438575: The Worst Jobs In History: A Vivid and Disgusting Alternative History of Britain: Two Thousand Years of Miserable Employment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0330438573 ISBN 13: 9780330438575
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, 2007

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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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sir Tony Robinson is most famous for playing the role of Baldrick in Blackadder but he made his first professional appearance at the age of thirteen in the original stage version of Oliver! and went on to appear with the Chichester Festival Theatre, the RSC and the National Theatre. He wrote and starred in Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, and presented Time Team for twenty years. He has made numerous factual series, including The Worst Jobs In History and Tony Robinson's Time Walks. He is a multi award-winning children's television writer and has authored many children's books including the history series Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders. He has also written several books for adults.

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Verlag
Pan Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0330438573
ISBN 13 
9780330438575
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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