John Meade Falkner è celebre per i suoi romanzi d'avventura, spesso ispirati ai suoi estesi viaggi e al suo profondo interesse per la storia. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da descrizioni meticolose e una vivida rappresentazione del passato, che immerge i lettori in epoche diverse. Le opere di Falkner si distinguono non solo per le trame avvincenti, ma anche per l'acuta esplorazione della natura umana e dei dilemmi morali. La sua eredità letteraria risiede nella magistrale fusione di accuratezza storica con una narrazione avvincente.
Moonfleet (1898) is both a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. The mystery is in the outcome of the conflict between the smugglers and the revenue men, the adventure in how the hero, John Trenchard, discovers the secret of Colo.
A young architect is sent to a remote town to supervise the restoration of its Minster.
Classic / British English Fifteen-year old John Trenchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. When John accidentally learns about this dangerous world, his life suddenly changes. But will he live or will he die?
Fifteen-year old John Trenchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. When John accidentally learns about this dangerous world, his life suddenly changes. But will he live – or will he die?
Discussing the main problems in the formation of an Economic Union, this book analyses the extent to which national governments would have to give up their freedom of action in domestic monetary, budgetary, fiscal and economic policies if they were to form an effective economic union. The issues of commercial policy, financial and exchange-rate policies, of migration and investment and of the finance of a common defence budget are all covered.
Moonfleet tells the story of John Trenchard. One night in Moonfleet, he hears a tale of cursed treasure. John and his friend Elzevir go in search of the treasure and become involved in another Moonfleet secretsmuggling. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.