Name: The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain. Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar (in English)
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Author: Defoe, Daniel
ISBN: 9781537701189

portada The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain. Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

Inglés

Pages

124

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 0.7 cm

Weight

0.13 kg.

ISBN13

9781537701189

Synopsis "The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain. Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar (in English)"

Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe composed a further tale of high adventure at sea. The result was this lesser-known work, an inspired and hugely enjoyable "first-hand" account of pirate life. In response to an alleged letter accusing him of the worst possible deeds, Captain Avery pens a reply seeking to exonerate himself from all such charges. He sees fit to provide a full account of life as captain of a pirate ship. Yet far from being the archetypal, murderous villain, his letters reveal him simply to be a lovable rogue-albeit one with something of a penchant for fine jewels.

Daniel Defoe

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Daniel Defoe (Londres, 1660-1731) fue novelista, periodista, poeta e historiador; su vida transcurrió por oscuros vericuetos: viajes, empleos diversos, amistades políticas y misiones secretas. En su obra cultivó distintos géneros, como la sátira: El verdadero inglés de Inglaterra (1701), El medio más rápido para acabar con los disidentes (1702) y Augusta Triumphants o Cómo hacer de Londres la ciudad más floreciente del mundo (1728); la novela realista: La aventuras de Moll Flanders (1722), Diario del año de la peste (1722) y Roxana o la amante afortunada(1724), y el ensayo económico-político: Consideraciones sobre el crédito público (1724), El perfecto comerciante inglés (1726) y Plan del comercio inglés (1728). Con todo, su obra más conocida es sin duda Robinson Crusoe (1719).

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