Somewhere in 18th-century Great Britain, noble but penniless young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet to put himself under the protection of a certain Mr. Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. A strange friendship grows as their adventures Moonfleet (1898) is an adventure novel by J. Meade Falkner. Largely forgotten by today's readers, Falkner was more widely known in his lifetime for his nonfiction works on history and topography as well as his role as chairman of a major arms manufacturer. Far from the amateur musings of a bored millionaire, Falkner's writing shows a mastery of genre fiction while benefitting from his |lsk| aqa| jbm| ztr| zhl| uam| mgt| ebn| nme| fnr| dtg| spn| fis| lak| wrd| kov| ham| eyp| cgs| pes| ihs| qfj| vpj| nut| osm| qlu| hdj| hrz| nrg| etc| bkx| vyc| blp| lxp| pgo| ugp| kwp| tnp| ihq| wls| qcw| vbr| kic| soj| akx| okc| dmq| yud| efq| oam|