The Worst Jobs in History
- ISBN-10
- 0752225871
- ISBN-13
- 9780752225876
- Category
- Occupations
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09
- Publisher
- Boxtree
- Author
- Tony Robinson
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