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Brief Life and Economic Works.
Martyn Thompson
ministry, however, Defoe became a merchant and commodity speculator and then, at various times and often simultaneously, a shipping insurer, civet cat breeder, civil servant, part owner of a brick-and-tile works, hack writer, convict, journalist, political agitator, government spy, poet, newspaper editor, pamphleteer and novelist.
He was active in the opposition to James II, fighting with Monmouth's cavalry at Sedgemoor. He opposed James' Declaration of Indulgence and joined William's army at Windsor in December 1688. He travelled widely and spoke several European languages.
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His fortunes were erratic. In mid-life, he claimed he had been rich and poor thirteen times. He was imprisoned seven times, pilloried three times and bankrupted at least twice. He confessed that both his business and political dealings were not always honest.
He wrote for pay and was often deeply