A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain (Paperback, 1)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1978
Authors:	Daniel Defoe • Pat Rogers
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	736
Edition:	1
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043066-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	0-14-043066-0
Barcode:	9780140430660

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