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Moonfleet

By: J. Meade Falkner
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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A tale of smuggling and mystery on the Dorset coast as told by John Trenchard, a boy obsessed with discovering the secret of Colonel 'Blackbeard' Mohune's hidden treasure. One night, trapped in the Mohune family vault beneath the church, John finds a locket round the Colonel's neck which contains verses from the Psalms of David. What could it mean? Elzevir Block, landlord of the local public house, who has lost his son in the contraband wars, befriends John and together they struggle to find the secret of Blackbeard's buried wealth. It is an adventure story full of action and misfortune spanning many years, two different countries and ending with a message to us all.

About Assembled Stories: Over the years the national press have reviewed Assembled Stories titles as "excellent", "remarkable", "entrancing", "superb", "magic for sure", "masterly", "wonderful", "a class act" and "a splendid example of audio at its best".

©2004 J. Meade Falkner (P)2004 Assembled Stories Classics Solider

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Critic reviews

"Peter Joyce is the most remarkable one-man band in audiobook publishing. Joyce, an experienced actor, reads them all himself." ( The Independent)
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a noble story and beautifully read. Be prepared to weep exceedingly in the last chapters.

spellbinding.

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No! really it’s a fantastic book the ending had me on the edge of my sit . Such loyalty,love , bravery.

Fantastic

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Great story of smugglers and a diamond. Grips the listener from start to finish. Prepare to be spellbound by this story of 18th century intrigue!

Ripping Yarn of Smugglers

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A story that though dated survives the test of time, mainly thanks to great narration that captures the spirit of this type of writing. A enjoyable break from more deep and serious stuff!

Classic adventure story, brilliantly narrated

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The finest late Victorian thriller and moral tale that you will ever listen to. For those of you used to lighter millennial fare - persevere and be among the countless thousands now dead of the greatest generation who loved this book.

Classic, enthralling

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A rollicking tale of smuggling, adventure and growing up. Of course, by our standards, the moral underlay about greed and generosity is rather heavy handed and in your face, and the plot depends on both a ludicrously improbable set of events to set up the second half and then an equally improbable coincidence to create the resolution. But the themes of loyalty and the choices we make affecting others are actually rather well done. The narration started out feeling a little blunt but soon grew on me - it allows the emotion to come over from the words without excessive dramatisation.

A classic of its type

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Read this as a young girl in school so was a real pleasure to hear it again at 62 yrs old. Still as brilliant as I remembered it.

Moonfleet - listening to this was time well spent

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Which is the Better? Moonfleet or Treasure Island? This was read dramatically and. excitingly by Peter Joyce

An enduring classic

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This is a well put-together story with a cast of engaging characters and scenes that made me smile and groan. There were plenty of ups and downs to keep me interested. I suppose that it's a sort of action adventure but the friendship of the main characters was what I felt drove the story.

I have to thank Chris de Burgh as I got this downlaod as a result of listening to his 'Moonfleet and other stories' and I'm really pleased that I did.

It's a classic

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Gripping story. Live in Dorset & have visited Moonfleet. Know many places referenced which bought it alive.
Friendship, adventure, cruel seas and love.
Excellent.

Gripping tale of friendship & honour

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