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Lifetime: 1858 - 1932 Passed: ≈ 92 years ago

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John Meade Falkner

Books by John Meade Falkner

Lost Stradivarius

Horror Fiction Novel Mystery

Family Love Gothic Mystery Tragedy Supernatural Obsession England Music Italy Ghost Violin Stradivarius

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his col...

Moonfleet

Adventure Mystery

Mystery Adventure Crime Treasure Historical Fiction Friendship England 18th century Seafaring Orphan Smuggling Dorset Coast Gang

The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers. One night John chan...

Nebuly Coat

Fiction Novel Mystery

Gothic Mystery Death Inheritance Church England Tower Secrets Country house Suspicion Organist Architect

In the tranquil town of Cullerne, young architect Westray arrives to oversee repairs on the minster's tower. He finds lodgings with a genteel woman facing financial difficulties and shares the house with Sharnall, the church organist. Sharnall becom...