A General History of the Pyrates
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pirates, which was influential in shaping popular conceptions of pirates. Its author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pseudonym for one of London's writer-publishers. The prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates, the book gives an almost mythical status to the more colourful characters, and it is likely that the author used considerable licence in his accounts of pirate conversations. The book also contains the name of the pirate flag the Jolly Roger and shows the skull and bones design. First appearing in Charles Rivington's shop in London, the book sold so well that by 1726 an enlarged fourth edition had appeared. It pandered to the British public's taste for the exotic; revelling in graphic stories on the high seas. English naval historian David Cordingly writes: 'It has been said, and
The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe
The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe, EC
The story of the brave Robinson Crusoe who is shipwrecked on an island and has to learn how to survive on his own. With great realistic detail, Defoe describes the life and thoughts of Robinson Crusoe during the many years the waits to be rescued ...
The Storm
The Storm
A Journal Of The Plague Year
In this era of pandemic fears, the gripping tale of the Great Plague that brought Europe to its knees in the mid-1600s is a surprisingly timely read. Defoe's fictionalized account of life in plague-stricken 1665 London is a harrowing and suspenseful page-turner.
Journal of the Plague Year
Classic 1722 account of the epidemic that ravaged England nearly 60 years earlier. Defoe used his considerable talents as a journalist and novelist to reconstruct - historically and fictionally - the Great Plague of London in 1664-65. Written as a...
