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Drawn from nearly a century of detailed and fascinating reporting by The Times, discover insights and memories of the extraordinary period of social change that was our nation's second Elizabethan age. Featuring Queen Elizabeth's obituary, as published in The Times Reflections... Read Full Overview

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The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of the English pirate... Read Full Overview

Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe wrote a new fiction, the story of an English pirate whose success eclipsed every buccaneer the Atlantic world had seen. Featuring a haunted, unreliable narrator, a daring trek across the continent of Africa, and mercantile... Read Full Overview

Published in 1720, Captain Singleton recounts the tale of Bob Singleton, who goes to sea at the age of twelve, makes a fortune, loses it, and makes another as a pirate before he is ultimately reformed. More than merely an adventure story or a travel narrative, Captain Singleton... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics,... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his life as a pirate. Defoe's description... Read Full Overview

The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his life as a pirate. Defoe's description... Read Full Overview

Colonel Jack is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. The considerably longer title under which it was originally published is The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Col. ...

Dieser im Jahre 1720 erschienene Roman beschreibt das Leben einer fiktiven Person - Bob Singleton. Der Seefahrer und Pirat erz hlt ber sein Privatleben und seine Abenteuer in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Sein Leben war von Anfang an recht ungew hnlich und abenteuerlich: Als... Read Full Overview

"Dieser im Jahre 1720 erschienene Roman beschreibt das Leben einer fiktiven Person - Bob Singleton. Der Seefahrer und Pirat erz hlt ber sein Privatleben und seine Abenteuer in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Sein Leben war von Anfang an recht ungew hnlich und abenteuerlich:... Read Full Overview

Dieser im Jahre 1720 erschienene Roman beschreibt das Leben einer fiktiven Person - Bob Singleton. Der Seefahrer und Pirat erz hlt ber sein ungew hnliches und abenteuerliches Leben in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts.

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview