Moonfleet (Handi-read)

1858 – 1932

John Meade Falkner combined his successful business career in the munitions manufacturing industry with a keen leisure interest in antiquarian subjects. The significant literary works inspired by this fascination included several well researched county guides together with a small but outstanding body of fictional work. While Falkner's tales may vary in their subject matter they are all authentic in their historical detail and carefully developed atmosphere of mystery. The author's most famous novel is undoubtedly *Moonfleet* (1898), a classic smuggling adventure which has been much reprinted and adapted on several occasions for screen and radio. *The Nebuly Coat* (1903) contains several…