Daniel Defoe

Publié en 1724, Lady Roxana ou l'Heureuse Catin est le dernier roman de Daniel Defoe, le deuxième dont le narrateur est une femme qui écrit l'histoire de sa vie. Deux années plus tôt, Moll Flanders racontait les aventures d'une orpheline qui refuse que sa condition sociale l'oblige à n'être qu'une servante alors …

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of English pirate Henry Every. The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually …

Memoirs of a Cavalier is a work of historical fiction by Daniel Defoe, set during the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil Wars. The full title, which bore no date, was: Memoirs of a Cavalier; or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Years 1632 to 1648. Written threescore …