He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires. His first novel was _The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great_, a satire in which he compared Robert Walpole to the famous highwayman. As a Justice of the Peace he issued a warrant for the arrest of Colley Cibber for the murder of the Engl
He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires. His first novel was _The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great_, a satire in which he compared Robert Walpole to the famous highwayman. As a Justice of the Peace he issued a warrant for the arrest of Colley Cibber for the murder of the English language. His first successful novel was _Shamela_, a parody of Samuel Richardson's _Pamela_, which he followed up with _Joseph Andrews_, another parody which outstripped _Pamela_ in popularity. FTP, who is this 18th Century English writer best known for his picaresque novel, _Tom Jones_?
He wrote for Tory periodicals under the name "Captain Hercules Vinegar" and it said that the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was a result of many of his satires.
Henry Fielding