Drawing on old maps, contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits and other archive material, the excellent Famous Authors series not only presents a factual outline of the writers lives, but also conveys a clear visual... more » picture of the social and historical background to their writing. Recommended for all ages. THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE English novelist, pamphleteer, journalist, and political agent, Daniel Defoe is known for frank and dramatic realism in his fiction, and for accuracy and vigor in his journalism. He is best known for Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and for his Journal of the Plague Year a historical reconstruction. Another of his works, The True-Born Englishman, is a satirical poem on English hatred of foreigners which points out that, in fact, there is no true-born Englishman.Defoe edited The Review, a newspaper which emphasized many discussions on commerce and news from 1704 to 1713. He was an advocate of King William III and was the first author of ghost stories in modern English literature.Major Works: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Captain Singleton (1720), Moll Flanders (1722), Great Plague of London in 1665: A Journal of the Plague Year (1722), Colonel Jack (1722), Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724).« less
Actor:Daniel Defoe Director:Malcolm Hessick Genres:Documentary Sub-Genres:Biography Studio:Kultur Video Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 11/13/2007 Release Year: 2007 Run Time: 0hr 30min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English