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Introduction; 1. Baconian historiography: the contours of historicaldiscourse in seventeenth-century England; 2. 'Idle trash' or 'Reliques ofsomething true'? the fate of Brute and Arthur and the power of tradition; 3.The History of Myddle: memory, history, and power; 4. Lifewriting andhistoriography, fiction and fact: Baxter, Clarendon, and Hutchingson on theEnglish civil war; 5. The secret history of the last Stuart kings; 6.'Knowing strange things': the historical discourse in the century beforeRobinson Crusoe; 7. 'History' before Defoe: Nashe, Deloney, Behn, Manley; 8.Defoe's historical practice: from 'The Ages Humble Servant' to MajorAlexander Ramkins; 9. 'Facts that are form'd to touch the mind': Defoe'snarratives as forms of historical discourse; 10. From history to the novel:the reception of Defoe; Conclusion; Index.