Beyond belief : the real life of Daniel Defoe / John Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, John, 1940 April 6-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Defoe, Daniel.

Authors, English--17th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pembroke Dock [Wales] : Accent, 2006.

Summary:

An investigation into the mysterious and secret life of Daniel Defoe, father of the English novel, whose books Robinson Crusoe. Moll Flanders, and Roxana have sold in vast numbers throughout the world for nearly three hundred years. Here is the real-life of a highly talented religious dissenter whose sometimes outwardly pious and holier-than-thou demeanor disguised a different existence. Mis complex life as journalist, government spy and secret "Governor General" of the press, was paralleled by great personal confusion, A gay man, he was 'married' many times, with children by several women. Always in debt; thirteen times arrested: Pilloried; and twice bankrupted, his secret life was stranger than those of the pirates, courtesans, pimps, and murderers who crowd his pages.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.

ISBN:

1905170564

OCLC:

71165358