The Worst Jobs In History
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A no-holds-barred look at the most unenviable jobs of the last 2,000 years
The Worst Jobs in HistorySeries
This series dives into the most thankless and poorly compensated jobs across history. From cleaning latrines to disastrous employments that shaped events, it explores the lives of those who performed tasks others could only imagine. Discover the gritty, often humorous, reality of the past through the lens of the most unenviable occupations. It's a fascinating look at human ingenuity and endurance when faced with the unpleasant.
Recommended Reading Order
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The Worst Jobs in History
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A no-holds-barred look at the most unenviable jobs of the last two thousand years.
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The Worst Children's Jobs in History
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
The Worst Jobs in History takes you back to the days when being a kid was no excuse for getting out of hard labour. This book tells the stories of all the children whose work fed the nation, kept trains running, and put clothes on everyone's backs, over the last few hundred years of Britain's history. No longer will you have to listen to your parents, grandparents, uncles, neighbours, and random old people in the Co-op telling you how much harder they had it in their young day. Next time you find yourself in that situation, ask them if they were a jigger-turner or a turnip-picker in their young day. No? An orderly boy, perhaps? A stepper? Maybe they spent their weekends making matchboxes? Still no? Then they have no idea about the real meaning of hard work. Tony Robinson takes you on a guided tour through all the lousiest places for a kid to work. With profiles and testimonies of real kids in rotten jobs, this book will tell you things you probably didn't want to know about the back-breaking, puke-inducing bits of being a child in the past.
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The Worst Children's Jobs in History
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
After reading The Worst Children's Jobs in History, your paper round will never seem as bad again!