{"product_id":"the-castaways-tale-robert-drury-daniel-defoe-and-the-story-that-has-linked-them-for-300-years-9781476692555","title":"The Castaway's Tale: Robert Drury, Daniel Defoe and the Story That Has Linked Them for 300 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e In 1729, a remarkable book appeared in London. The author, Robert Drury, took up residence at Old Tom's coffeehouse in the center of the city, welcoming the curious to hear his incredible tale: a voyage to Asia on an East India ship, floundering off the coast of Madagascar and, at just fourteen years of age, how Drury became enslaved on that island for the next decade and a half before a miraculous return to England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But did Drury actually write the book that bore his name? Or was it an invention from none other than Daniel Defoe, author of \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, the famous but fictionalized castaway story based on true events? Or was Drury's story real and was Defoe, unnamed and unattributed, the man who put the book together based on what Drury told him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing from newly available archival material, this work tells the full story of Robert Drury, Daniel Defoe, and the connection between them, piecing together the puzzle of their potential collaboration and presenting a fuller biography of Drury than previously available. The result is a story as full of twists and turns as Drury's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evan Balkan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476692555","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43369830154377,"sku":"9781476692555","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_313297f9-f66f-483b-8f6c-3b92b4cf9c40.jpg?v=1739858709","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-castaways-tale-robert-drury-daniel-defoe-and-the-story-that-has-linked-them-for-300-years-9781476692555","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}