| Author/Contributor(s): | Backscheider, Paula R |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Date: | 08/01/1992 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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