John Meade Falkner

Broschiertes Buch

Moonfleet

Beschreibung

Orphaned John Trenchard grows up in the village of Moonfleet with his aunt, entranced by the local legend of the ghostly Blackbeard, who rises each winter night to search for his lost diamond.

Autor

John Meade Falkner was born in Wiltshire in 1858. He worked as a teacher at Derby school, and climbed through the ranks of a large Newcastle arms manufacturer to become its director in 1901, after working for the company founder as his family's tutor for many years. After retiring in 1926, Falkner became honorary librarian to the dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. He wrote three novels including Moonfleet (1898), as well as publishing a volume of poetry (Poems, 1933) and a pocket history of Oxfordshire. J. Meade Falkner died on July 22, 1932.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 196g
• ISBN-13: 9780099541127
• ISBN-10: 0099541122
• Artikelnr.: 31812274