Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox and the Creation of a Myth - Hardcover

Katherine Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224073095 ISBN 13: 9780224073097

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2011

Synopsis

Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox and the Creation of a Myth

About this title

About the Author:

Born and educated in America, Katherine Frank is the author of several acclaimed biographies - of Lucie Duff Gordon, Emily Bronte, Mary Kingsley and Indira Gandhi. She lives in England.

Review:

"This is a beautifully constructed book and, ultimately, a moving one. But it is also more than fine literary sleuthwork: it finds profound echoes between its three protagonists' lives, echoes that make their characters seem all the more three-dimensional, and full of pathos" Sunday Times "Her unusual dual biography is not only a thrilling read but an eye-opening account of life in the 17th century, whether in the stocks in London or marooned somewhere in Paradise" Mail on Sunday "Frank's extensive research lies lightly on the nice pace and flavour of her story, and she lets us decide for ourselves on the balance between savage and civilised in the late 17th and early 18th centuries" Irish Times Weekend Review "The book captures the vigour, toughness, cruelty, romance and excitement of late 17th-century England and its early imperial adventures" Independent "The enthralling Crusoe earns its keep as it weaves together the twin biographies of Knox and Defoe, two extraordinary lives which spiral round like the double helix to produce the DNA of the iconic character in goatskin garments" Seven

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0224073095
• ISBN 13: 9780224073097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352