1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive.
He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient...
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Der berühmteste Roman des englischen Schriftstellers Daniel Defoe erzählt die Lebensgeschichte eines Mannes, der Schiffbruch erleidet und 28 Jahre auf einer einsamen Insel vor der Küste Amerikas verbringen muss. Die Geschichte des Romans beginnt,...