Lost Stradivarius

Name: Lost Stradivarius
Rating: 4.7 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9780862993429

by Unknown Author

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160 pages1988Sutton Pub LtdISBN 9780862993429

Fiction

About this book

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Publication Details

Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd
Published: 1988
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9780862993429
Language: en

About Unknown Author

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)