Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist and spy, and his Tour (1724-6) is an invaluable source of social and economic history. But this book is far more than a beautifully written guide to Britain just before the industrial revolution, for Defoe possessed a wild, inventive streak that endows his work with astonishing energy and tension, and the Tour is his deeply imaginative response to a brave new economic world. By employing his skills as a chronicler, a polemicist and a creative writer keenly sensitive to the depredations of time, Defoe more than achieves his aim of rendering 'the present state' of Britain.
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- Authors:
- Defoe, Daniel
- Year Published:
- 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780140430660
- Number of Pages:
- 736
- Publication Date:
- 25/05/1978
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:
- 25/05/1978
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9780140430660