Daniel Defoe

"A Collection Of Original Papers...Concerning The...Union Between England And Scotland" offers a detailed look into the historical and political circumstances surrounding the 1707 Act of Union. Compil...

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Originally published in 1695, this work is a passionate defense of the rights of English citizens against the abuses of state power. Defoe and his collaborator Richard West argue that bills of attaind...

The book "" A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time , has been considered important throughout the human history, and s...

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pirates, which was influential in shaping popula...

The Plague is a disease that has a long and tragic history alongside humanity's development of tightly-packed cities. A Journal of a Plague Year is a first-person narrative account of London's last gr...