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Daniel Defoe: His Life

By Paula R. Backscheider

Book information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0801845122, 9780801845123
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
170 MB (178608585 bytes)
Edition
Revised ed.
Pages
688\308
Time added
2016-10-04 07:50:23
Authors;Arts & Literature;Biographies & Memoirs;Gr

Description

Throughout one of English history's most tumultuous periods, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on nearly every major political, religious, and social controversy. This widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of Defoe's remarkable life. Paula Backscheider reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen―and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures―and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time

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