Product Description
Both a mystery and an adventure story, the classic Moonfleet (1898) is a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. It is at once a well-paced account of dramatic action and a celebration of the unregainable freedoms of childhood. Falkner's feeling for history and for the topography of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn Moonfleet into an historical romance of moving intensity.
Reviews:
infiniteletters (USA: KY) (2008/08/06): Blurb: Everyone knows that a burial chamber lies beneath the stone floor of the old Moonfleet church. Why, then, does young John Trenchard hear strange sounds in church one Sunday morning? No one has entered the forbidden crypt in over forty years!
Suddenly, a noise louder than the rest startles the rest of the churchgoers - a hollow, grating sound like the cry of an old man in pain. Now the pretending is over. John Trenchard must find whatever is moving around inside the ancient crypt...
