Name: A Tour Thro' That Part of Great-Britain Called Scotland. Giving an Account of That Nation, its Manners, Laws and Customs,
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Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781379730378

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A Tour Thro' That Part of Great-Britain Called Scotland. Giving an Account of That Nation, its Manners, Laws and Customs,

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.67 kg.

ISBN13

9781379730378

Synopsis "A Tour Thro' That Part of Great-Britain Called Scotland. Giving an Account of That Nation, its Manners, Laws and Customs,"

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT070857From 'A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain .. ' by Daniel Defoe. With a 17-page index and 3 pages of advertisements at the end.Dublin: printed for George Faulkner, 1746. [2],328, [20]p.; 12

Daniel Defoe

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English writer and journalist, Daniel Defoe is mainly known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), though he also stood out for his role in the development of the press and for his political and social essays

Defoe left his studies to become a discreet businessman, whose activities were not entirely profitable, even receiving prison time for his debts

From 1695, after several years of exile due to his political ideology, he starts a new business dedicated to tiles and bricks which begins to work, providing his family—he was married and had six children—with greater economic stability

However, his political activism leads him to publish several essays or pamphlets that cost him days of imprisonment and the pillory. After returning to jail, Defoe begins working from a magazine supporting political factions of the government, participating in the English secret services

In 1719 he publishes his great novel, Robinson Crusoe, which allows him to launch into a literary career marked by successes such as The Adventures of Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, or Moll Flanders. His popularity grew and his influence on subsequent generations of writers by enhancing the novelistic genre is notable

Despite all his success and his connections with the government, Defoe never achieved stable economic solvency for long. His death in 1731 occurred while fleeing from new creditors

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