The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack


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Colonel Jack explores the story of an English gentleman who begins life on the London streets. Jack and his brothers grew up being pickpockets and bandits, but he desired to change this and be better. Abducted and brought to America, he becomes an indentured servant and then a caretaker of plantations in Maryland, after which his story takes one dramatic turn. Through Jack's story, Daniel Defoe offered a broad look at the social and political geography of his times.













The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, Put 'prentice to a Pick-pocket, was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and Then Kidnapp'd to Virginia. Came Back a Merchant ... Went Into the Wars ... was Made Colonel of a Regiment ... and Resolves to Dye a General. [By D. Defoe.] The Second Edition


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Colonel Jack


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Jack lives his life as an outcast. He cares only about two things - trade and crime. Together with his two brothers, he wreaks havoc and indulges in a multitude of different professions, not all of them legitimate. There is no end to Jack's escapades, nor his luck, originality, and cunning, all of which he has in spades. A genuine adventure novel, this is unmissable for fans of Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and William Golding. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English novelist, journalist, and trader. Famed for his novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’, he has often been deemed the founder of the English novel. He wrote more than five hundred books on a wide variety of topics, dominating the literary circles of his time. His other notable works include ‘Moll Flanders’, ‘A Journal of the Plague Year’, and ‘Captain Singleton’.










Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)


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