A full-color illustrated edition of one ofthe world's best loved stories, Robinson Crusoe, illustratedby world-renowned illustrator Robert Ingpen. "Ingpen's drawings are utterly compelling"--Michael Morpurgo Young and impulsive, Robinson Crusoe defies the advice ofhis parents and runs away to sea. He is plagued by misfortune at every turn;his first ship sinks in a violent storm, his friend and mentor dies, then he iscaptured by pirates and made a slave in the port of Sallee. Through all these hardships, Crusoe's determination andresourcefulness fills him with hope for a better life, and fate delivers himthe opportunity for freedom, friendship and riches. But it is when he is shipwreckedon a deserted island that he faces his greatest test: not simply to survive butto thrive. The perfect gift for a young adventurer. Share your beloved childhood stories with thenext generation! From the Backmatter: It was towards the end of Defoe's life that he wrote hisgreat novels. By far the most famous of his works is Robinson Crusoe.It is thought to have been inspired by the real-life shipwreck story ofAlexander Selkirk who spent four years stranded on the island of Más a Tierrain 1704-09. In 1966 this island was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island. Defoe died on 24 April 1731, possibly in hiding from thoseto whom he owed money. His cause of death was probably a stroke. He was buriedin Bunhill Fields in London and in 1870 a statue was erected there in hismemory..