Daniel Defoe
β Scribed by William Minto
- Publisher
- Duke Classics
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Learn more about the life and works of the brilliant eighteenth-century spy, novelist, and rabble-rouser Daniel Defoe in this penetrating biography penned by William Minto. Minto, a Scottish professor of logic, offers a keenly insightful take on the influences and events that shaped Defoe's contributions to journalism and literature, which included such works as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
β¦ Subjects
Biography & Autobiography; Nonfiction; BIO000000
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