{"product_id":"daniel-defoe-his-life-9780801845123","title":"Daniel Defoe His Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on many major political, religious and social controversies. This biography offers an account of Defoe's life, revealing his secret career as a double agent, his dangerous pen and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time everything we know about Defoe is presented in a single orderly sequence..A searching study of a complex man, one that is coherent and credible for our times. New York Times Book Review A very considerable work of scholarship, and the first to give this prolific writer the extended treatment he after all deserves. Washington Post Book World Paula Backscheider spins this absorbing narrative with meticulous scholarship and lucidity. Independent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations     \u003cbr\u003ePreface       \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: 1660-1703\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Fire and Plague   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2.Merchant-Rebel  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Bankrupt  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Recovery  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Fugitive\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Prison \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: 1703-1714\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Four Hundred Thousand Words \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Literary Effort of a Lifetime\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. New Life \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. A terrible People \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Political Maelstrom   \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Goliath of the Party \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. A Team of Writers  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: 1714-1731\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Six Hundred Thousand Words \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. A Discontented People \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. A Penetrating Eye \u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The Whole World in Motion \u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Projects and Designs \u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Changes and Disasters \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Bred in the Bone  \u003cbr\u003eNotes  \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopkins Fulfillment Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768053498199,"sku":"9780801845123","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801845123.jpg?v=1758716090","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/daniel-defoe-his-life-9780801845123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}