BBC Radio 4 are currently running a series of programmes about the author Daniel Defoe, who is best known for his novels such as Robinson Crusoe (1719). But Defoe was also one of the most important political writers of the later Stuart period. Indeed, thinking about Defoe’s life and career helps us understand the political intrigues and events from his birth on the eve of Charles II’s restoration in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Read more >>