The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton [Illustrated]

by Daniel Defoe, Amanda Lee (Editor)

Overview

The story is one of the classics of Daniel Defoe. It tells about a life of Englishman, named Singleton, who was stolen by gypsies in his childhood and raised as a sailor. He starts adventures, crosses the African continent and becomes a pirate. Through Singleton, Defoe illustrates the main characteristics and nature of the pirates of his times, who were mostly behaving like mercantilist merchants.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012753878
Publisher:	Five Star Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/19/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	783 KB

About the Author

London-born Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) pursued a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent, and political pamphleteer. He wrote books on economics, history, biography, and crime. But he is best remembered for his fiction, which he began to write late in his life and which includes the novels Moll Flanders, Roxana, and the celebrated Robinson Crusoe.