Moonfleet

by John Meade Falkner

Overview

Both a mystery and an adventure story, the classic Moonfleet (1898) is a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. It is at once a well-paced account of dramatic action and a celebration of the unregainable freedoms of childhood. Falkner's feeling for history and for the topography of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn Moonfleet into an historical romance of moving intensity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544088594
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/16/2017
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Meade Falkner (1858–1932) is a novelist and poet who wrote The Lost Stradivarius and The Nebuly Coat.

Editorial Reviews

"It calls for comparison with The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes. A novel of claustrophobic darkness, storm-wracked seas, and wild romantic landscapes, it sweeps the reader irresistibly along, like the deadly undertow at Moonfleet Beach."  —Washington Post

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