The Man who Wrote Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Dafoe
Not Just the Tudors
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How Did He Get the Money to Set Up in Business?
When he was married, first of january 16 84, and the marriage license defines him as a bachelor, about 24 and a merchant. His wife brought with her a dowry of three thousand 700 pounds, which is a sizable sum in the 16 eighties. So that isn't the ideal way to prosper as a business man. He claims, both at the time and subsequently, that he was ruined because of the war with france. The web site measuring worth dot com has various other ways of looking at and they suggest it could be, you know, 50 million pounds, or even higher.
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