Moonfleet

Set in a windswept Dorset village in the mid-eighteenth century, this beloved adventure follows orphan John Trenchard, who stumbles into a world of smugglers hiding contraband in the vault beneath the parish church. Drawn by the local legend of Blackbeard Mohune and a lost diamond, John forms a deep bond with the innkeeper Elzevir Block, and the two are swept into flight, shipwreck, imprisonment, and a hunt for buried treasure. John Meade Falkner tells a story of loyalty, guilt, and hard-won redemption, its salt-stung coastline and moonlit graveyards giving it an atmosphere generations of readers have loved. It remains a staple of English adventure writing. Read it now in this free PDF and EPUB edition.