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    The History of the Devil: “Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself”
    The History of the Devil: “Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself”
    The History of the Devil: “Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself”
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    The History of the Devil: “Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself”

    By Daniel Defoe

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    Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy. His life was long and colourful, and the breadth of his work, still highly regarded, is infused with similar vigour. It is said that only the bible has been printed in more languages than Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is also noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel. He was extremely prolific and a very versatile writer, producing several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism though was made bankrupt on more on one occasion and usually mired in debt. In later life Defoe was often most seen on Sundays when bailiffs and the like could legally make no move on him. Allegedly it was whilst hiding from creditors that he died on April 24th, 1731. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA Word To The Wise
    Release dateJul 1, 2017
    ISBN9781787374164
    The History of the Devil: “Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself”
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    Daniel Defoe

    Daniel Defoe was born at the beginning of a period of history known as the English Restoration, so-named because it was when King Charles II restored the monarchy to England following the English Civil War and the brief dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell. Defoe’s contemporaries included Isaac Newton and Samuel Pepys.

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