Daniel Defoe: His Life

✍ Scribed by Paula R. Backscheider

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Leaves: 308
Edition: Revised ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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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