The history and remarkable life of the truly Honourable Colonel Jaque, vulgarly call'd, Colonel Jack : Who was born a gentleman, put 'prentice to a pick-pocket, flourish'd six and twenty years as a thief, and was then kidnapp'd to Virginia: came back a merchant, was five times married to four whores, went into the wars, behav'd bravely, got preferment, was made colonel of a regiment, return'd again to England, follow'd the fortunes of the Chevalier de St. George, is now abroad compleating a life, of wonders and resolves to die a general.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page,399 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

History and remarkable life of the truly honourable Col. Jacque

Place of Publication:

London : Printed, and sold by J. Brotherton at the Royal-Exchange; T. Payne near Stationer's-Hall; W. Mears at the Lamb without Temple-Bar; J. Graves in St. James's-Street; S. Chapman in Pall-Mall; and J. Stagg at Westminster-Hall, 1724.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Written in the first person, but in fact by Daniel Defoe.

A reissue of the first 1723 edition, with a cancel titlepage.

Titlepage in red and black.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 452

English Short Title Catalog, N7284.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.