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Title: The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack

Author: Daniel Defoe

Release date: July 18, 2016 [eBook #52603]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by
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The History and Remarkable Life
of the truly honourable
Colonel Jacque
Commonly call’d
Colonel Jack

by Daniel Defoe

With the author’s preface, and an introduction by
G. H. Maynadier, Ph. D.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

National Library Company
New York

Edition De Luxe

LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND SETS

COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Jacque summoned
Jacque is summoned before his master.

CONTENTS
Introduction
Author’s Preface
The Life of Colonel Jacque
The True-born Englishman
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters

ILLUSTRATIONS

COLONEL JACQUE

PART I

Jacque is summoned before his master. Frontispiece

Escaping with the purloined horse.

PART II

Colonel Jacque and the lady

Colonel Jacque’s arrival is announced