John Meade Falkner
Born 1858 · Died 1932
From Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes fiction and nonfiction
John Meade Falkner combined his successful business career in the munitions manufacturing industry with a keen leisure interest in antiquarian subjects. The significant literary works inspired by this fascination included several well researched county guides together with a small but outstanding body of fictional work.
While Falkner's tales may vary in their subject matter they are all authentic in their historical detail and carefully developed atmosphere of mystery. The author's most famous novel is undoubtedly Moonfleet (1898), a classic smuggling adventure which has been much reprinted and adapted on several occasions for screen and radio. The Nebuly Coat (1903) contains several atmospheric scenes and may be considered one of the finest antiquarian mysteries. The Stradivarius (1895) represents Falkner's most important contribution to ghost fiction. An imaginative plot, a finely paced atmosphere of growing menace and a wealth of background detail combine to make this short novel one of the nineteenth century's classic tales of the macabre.
-- from Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction 1820-1950, Neil Wilson (2000)
Books by John Meade Falkner in order
Books by John Meade Falkner in the order they were published, from The Lost Stradivarius (1895) to Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (2018).
- 1The Lost Stradivarius
The Lost Stradivarius1895 - 2Moonfleet
Moonfleet1898 - 3The Nebuly Coat
The Nebuly Coat1904 - 4Bath
Bath1918 - 5PoemsPoems1935
- 6A Midsummer Night's MarriageA Midsummer Night's Marriage1977
- 7A History of Oxfordshire
A History of Oxfordshire1980 - 8A Roman Villa, Chedworth
A Roman Villa, Chedworth1981 - 9TemenosTemenos1993
- 103 Books by John Meade Falkner3 Books by John Meade Falkner2010
- 11Level 2Level 22012
- 12Stop What You're Doing and Read... To Your SonStop What You're Doing and Read... To Your Son2012
- 13History of Oxfordshire ByHistory of Oxfordshire By2016
- 14Lost Stradivarius . By J. Meade Falkner
Lost Stradivarius . By J. Meade Falkner2017 - 15Tarzan and the Jewels of OparTarzan and the Jewels of Opar2018