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"[...]on the lagoon; but learned afterwards that 'twas but short for 'Mohune-fleet', from the Mohunes, a great family who were once lords of all these parts. My name is John Trenchard, and I was fifteen years of age when this story begins. My father and mother had both been dead for years, and I boarded with my aunt, Miss Arnold, who was kind to me in her own fashion, but too strict and precise ever to make me love her. I shall first speak of one evening in the fall of the year 1757. It must have been late in October, though I have forgotten the exact date, and I sat in the little front parlour reading after tea. My aunt had few books; a Bible, a Common Prayer, and some volumes of sermons are all that I can[...]".
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A classic story of high adventure, treasure and smuggling set in a small Dorset village of Moonfleet. Soon to be a major Sky TV series starring Ray Winstone.
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Moonfleet (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. What will be the outcome of the conflict between smugglers and revenue men? How can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel John Mohune's treasure? As the book progresses these two interwoven themes resolve themselves into a third and richer one, with the friendship and suffering of both John Trenchard and the craggy, taciturn Elzevir Block. The novel is at once a well-paced account of dramatic action and a celebration of the unregainable freedoms of childhood, when, as Falkner's sister wrote in a memoir, 'there are no seasons, everything happens all the year round'. Falkner's feeling for history and for the landscape of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn Moonfleet into a historical romance of moving intensity.
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- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 140715916X
- ISBN 13 9781407159164
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- Number of pages304
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Scholastic Children's Books are proud to publish thisbeautiful edition of the classic tale, Moonfleet. When young John Trenchard comes upon hidden treasure in the local crypt he is drawn in the sinister world of smugglers, who exercise their trade along the Dorset coast by the village of Moonfleet. Elzevir Block, innkeeper and master smuggler, takes the young man under his wing and soon John is leading a life more dangerousand thrilling than he could have imagined. But the law is closing in. Accused of murder, there is a price on John's head. The only option is to flee England at the cost of losing his sweetheart, Grace Maskew. . . SCHOLASTIC "INK DOT" CLASSICS - COLLECT THEM ALL! A Christmas Carol A Little Princess Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Anne Of Green Gables Black Beauty Five Children and It Just So Stories Kidnapped Little Women Moonfleet Oliver Twist Pollyanna The Happy Prince and Other Stories The Jungle Book The Railway Children The Secret Garden The Wind in the Willows The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Treasure Island What Katy Did John Trenchard has been drawn into the sinister world of smugglers. But the law is closing in, and when John is wrongly accused of murdering the local magistrate, his only option is to flee England. The cost? Losing his sweetheart, Grace. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781407159164
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Scholastic Children's Books are proud to publish thisbeautiful edition of the classic tale, Moonfleet. When young John Trenchard comes upon hidden treasure in the local crypt he is drawn in the sinister world of smugglers, who exercise their trade along the Dorset coast by the village of Moonfleet. Elzevir Block, innkeeper and master smuggler, takes the young man under his wing and soon John is leading a life more dangerousand thrilling than he could have imagined. But the law is closing in. Accused of murder, there is a price on John's head. The only option is to flee England at the cost of losing his sweetheart, Grace Maskew. . . SCHOLASTIC "INK DOT" CLASSICS - COLLECT THEM ALL! A Christmas Carol A Little Princess Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Anne Of Green Gables Black Beauty Five Children and It Just So Stories Kidnapped Little Women Moonfleet Oliver Twist Pollyanna The Happy Prince and Other Stories The Jungle Book The Railway Children The Secret Garden The Wind in the Willows The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Treasure Island What Katy Did John Trenchard has been drawn into the sinister world of smugglers. But the law is closing in, and when John is wrongly accused of murdering the local magistrate, his only option is to flee England. The cost? Losing his sweetheart, Grace. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781407159164
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