The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton

by Daniel Defoe

2021-01-14 03:00:52

The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton''s crossing of Africa, the latter half c... Read more
The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton''s crossing of Africa, the latter half concerning his life as a pirate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Defoe''s description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, and Singleton''s pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe''s comment on the mercantilism of his day. Less

Book Details

File size9 X 6 X 0.75 in
Print pages336
PublisherBlurb
Publication date January 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781388979171
Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] - 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of ...

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