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
- ISBN10 0801837855
- ISBN13 9780801837852
- Publish Date 1 August 1989 (first published 1 December 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 20 August 1999
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 688
- Language English