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J. Meade Falkner
AuthorBooks · Second hand1858-1932
John Meade Falkner was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel Moonfleet. An extremely successful businessman, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth during World War I.
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About J. Meade Falkner
Birth
1858
Death
1932
John Meade Falkner was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel Moonfleet. An extremely successful businessman, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth during World War I.
J. Meade Falkner balanced a successful career in the munitions industry with a prolific life as a writer and historian.
His most famous work, Moonfleet, is a classic smuggling adventure that has been adapted numerous times for screen and radio.
Falkner was renowned for infusing his stories with exceptional historical accuracy and a carefully crafted atmosphere of mystery.
Beyond his fiction, he was a passionate antiquarian and the author of meticulously researched regional guides.
His novel The Nebuly Coat is widely regarded as one of the finest masterpieces of the antiquarian mystery genre.
