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Kidnapped as a child, Bob Singleton goes to sea at the age of 12 and makes a fortune crossing Africa on foot, loses it, and makes another as a pirate before he is ultimately reformed. Captain Singleton is an adventure story, a travel narrative, and an exploration of society from... Read Full Overview

Drawn from nearly a century of detailed and fascinating reporting by The Times, discover insights and memories of the extraordinary period of social change that was our nation's second Elizabethan age. Featuring Queen Elizabeth's obituary, as published in The Times Reflections... Read Full Overview

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The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720.

The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as... Read Full Overview

Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe wrote a new fiction, the story of an English pirate whose success eclipsed every buccaneer the Atlantic world had seen. Featuring a haunted, unreliable narrator, a daring trek across the continent of Africa, and mercantile... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton" is a novel by Daniel Defoe. The novel follows the life of the titular character, Captain Bob Singleton, who becomes a pirate after being orphaned at a young age. Singleton sets out on a series of adventures,... Read Full Overview

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The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of the English pirate... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics,... Read Full Overview

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 1927, ]1972 and 2008. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly... Read Full Overview

In "Das Leben, die Abenteuer und die Piratenz ge des ber hmten Kapit n Singleton" entf hrt Daniel Defoe die Leser auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die aufregenden und oft gef hrlichen Erlebnisse seines Protagonisten, eines Seemanns und Abenteurers, der in die Welt der Piraterie... Read Full Overview

In "Kapit n Bob Singleton" entf hrt Daniel Defoe seine Leserschaft in die aufregende Welt des fr hen 18. Jahrhunderts, wo Abenteuer und Isolation die Lebensrealit t seiner Protagonisten pr pr gen. In diesem Abenteuerroman verkn pft Defoe fesselnde Erz hlungen mit tiefgr ndigen... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics,... Read Full Overview

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840, 1927, 1972 and 2008. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly... Read Full Overview

Dieser im Jahre 1720 erschienene Roman beschreibt das Leben einer fiktiven Person - Bob Singleton. Der Seefahrer und Pirat erz hlt ber sein Privatleben und seine Abenteuer in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Sein Leben war von Anfang an recht ungew hnlich und abenteuerlich: Als... Read Full Overview

Dieser im Jahre 1720 erschienene Roman beschreibt das Leben einer fiktiven Person - Bob Singleton. Der Seefahrer und Pirat erz hlt ber sein Privatleben und seine Abenteuer in der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Sein Leben war von Anfang an recht ungew hnlich und abenteuerlich: Als... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview

"The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 2] 1927, 3] 1972 4] and 2008. 5] Captain Singleton is believed to have... Read Full Overview