The Complete Novels of J. Meade Falkner

Цена 22.99 - 24.15 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781782822509

Брэнд LEONAUR

Автор


Страниц 560

Год выпуска 2013

Three brilliant novels of mystery and adventure in one special edition John Meade Falkner was not a full time professional writer. In fact, during the First World War he became chairman of Armstrong Whitworth, the huge British arms manufacturer responsible for the construction of airplanes, cars, ships and more. Although he wrote some non-fiction (mostly travel guides), Falkner is primarily remembered for his classic of adventure fiction, the often dramatised "Moonfleet". Set in mid-eighteenth century England, the novel is a grippingly told smuggling tale that is now regarded as a classic. "Moonfleet" is joined in this unique Leonaur edition by Falkner"s two other novels. Aficionados of the ghostly tale will find much to reward them in the pages of the "Lost Stradivarius". Lauded as the novel that could potentially have been written by the master of the literary supernatural short story, M.R. James, the plot centres around the violin of the title which is said to conjure the...