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DANIEL DEFOE
HIS LIFE |
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Paula R. Backscheider |
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ISBN 10: |
0801845122 |
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9780801845123 |
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Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 1992 |
Pages: |
688 |
Description: |
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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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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26 Illustrations, black and white |
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US |
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Johns Hopkins University Press |
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