Даниэль Дефо – The History Of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard & Atlantis Major

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Автор: Даниэль Дефо

Издательство: РИПОЛ классик

ISBN:

9785521068241

Книга из раздела: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная старинная литература, Книги, Лучшие книги

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«Даниэль Дефо – The History Of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard & Atlantis Major»

John Sheppard was a notorious English robber and thief of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723. He was arrested and imprisoned fi ve times in 1724 but escaped from prison, making him a notorious public fi gure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.