Writings on Travel, Discovery and History by Daniel Defoe, Part I

by P.N. Furbank

This collection of Daniel Defoe's travel and historical writings reveal the range of his intellectual interests. His "Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain", which came out between 1724 and 1726, drew on Defoe's travels throughout England and Scotland - often as a political agent and spy.

1408 pages, Hardcover

Published October 25, 2001

About the author

Philip Nicholas Furbank was an English biographer, critic and academic. His most significant biography was the well-received life of his friend E.M. Forster.